Lewis Cass Elementary School

Lewis Cass Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Walton, Indiana, overseen by Lewis Cass Schools, enrolls 563 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Lewis Cass Elementary School sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Lewis Cass Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Lewis Cass Schools, a district that enrolls 1,283 students overall.

On demographics, Lewis Cass Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Lewis Cass Elementary School shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lewis Cass Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cass County put the typical household earns roughly $56,403 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,815 students), of which Lewis Cass Elementary School is one.

Lewis Cass High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lewis Cass Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lewis Cass Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

Lewis Cass Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lewis Cass Elementary School has rose 3%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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