Lapel Elementary School

Lapel Elementary School is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Lapel, Indiana, overseen by Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, with 675 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 5 schools in Frankton-Lapel Community Schools (3,032 students total), Lapel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lapel Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lapel Elementary School lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Lapel Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lapel Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 49.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Madison County) reports that median household income runs about $63,037, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Madison County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students), Lapel Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lapel Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lapel Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lapel Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 675). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.