Mary Feeser Elementary School

Located at 26665 CR 4 W, in Elkhart, Indiana, Mary Feeser Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community that caters to 470 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Elkhart Community Schools.

Within Elkhart Community Schools, which oversees 19 schools and 10,640 students, Mary Feeser Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mary Feeser Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Mary Feeser Elementary School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Mary Feeser Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 29.9%, a residual of -8.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Elkhart County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Mary Feeser Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Osolo Elementary School, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary Feeser Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mary Feeser Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 21.5%.

Mary Feeser Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Mary Feeser Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 470). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 21% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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