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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000436
Mary Daly Elementary School
1735 Strong Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514 · (574) 295-4870 · Elkhart County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
304 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
11.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mary Daly Elementary School
Mary Daly Elementary School's state test result (10.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Daly Elementary School this school | 476 | 63.9% | 10.2% |
| Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 416 | 68.3% | 12.5% |
| Woodland Elementary School Elkhart | 429 | 61.8% | 23.1% |
| Anderson Elementary School Anderson | 496 | 58.7% | 8.1% |
| Edison Middle School South Bend | 551 | 67.0% | 12.4% |
| Model Elementary School Goshen | 474 | 65.2% | 36.7% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mary Daly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #949 of 983 | #35 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #957 of 986 | #35 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #950 of 986 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #421 of 1,079 | #11 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #911 of 991 | #35 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #100 of 996 | #4 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #274 of 1,058 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #233 of 597 | #13 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | 25.5 | 18.7:1 | 64% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 24.5 | 18.7:1 | 68% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 78% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 73% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 28.5 | 19.9:1 | 76% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 81% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 81% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 55% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Daly Elementary School.
About Mary Daly Elementary School
Mary Daly Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Elkhart, Indiana. It teaches 476 students in pre-K through 6.
A total of 19 schools make up Elkhart Community Schools, with 10,640 students enrolled.
The student body at Mary Daly Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Black, and 13% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school's 18.7:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 64%. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Elkhart County is 13 points.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Mary Daly Elementary School outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Mary Daly Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Indiana. Predicted: 30.4%. Actual: 10.2%.
Census data for Elkhart County show the median household earns about $68,561 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Mary Daly Elementary School, Elkhart County has 60 public schools.
West Side Middle School is the nearest public school to Mary Daly Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Mary Daly Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Mary Daly Elementary School ranks 7th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment increased by 3% across 4 years, from 463 in 2020-21 to 476 in 2024-25. The ratio was 12.5:1 in 2020-21 and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- North Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- West Side Middle School0.2 mi · 569
- Elkhart High School1.0 mi · 3,073
- Woodland Elementary School1.3 mi · 429
- North Side Middle School1.8 mi · 563
- Hawthorne Early Learning Center1.9 mi · 156
- Roosevelt STEAM Academy2.0 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Daly Elementary SchoolHow large is Mary Daly Elementary School?
Mary Daly Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Mary Daly Elementary School serve?
Mary Daly Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mary Daly Elementary School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Mary Daly Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Mary Daly Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mary Daly Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 46% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Mary Daly Elementary School in?
Mary Daly Elementary School is part of Elkhart Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.