Lillian Schmitt Elementary School

Lillian Schmitt Elementary School is one of the big primary schools in Columbus, Indiana, operated by Bartholomew Con School Corp, with 704 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 436.

Across the 16 schools in Bartholomew Con School Corp (11,657 students total), Lillian Schmitt Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lillian Schmitt Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lillian Schmitt Elementary School records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bartholomew County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lillian Schmitt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.8%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bartholomew County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,901, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lillian Schmitt Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Bartholomew County (combined enrollment of about 12,688 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northside Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lillian Schmitt Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lillian Schmitt Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lillian Schmitt Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 658 (now 704). The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 58% over that span.

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