Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITLEY COUNTY CON SCHOOLS·NCES 180228002108
Mary Raber Elementary School
700 E Jackson St, Columbia City, IN 46725 · (260) 244-5857 · Whitley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
15.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
97 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 94 | 32% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Whitley County Con Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 Raber Elementary School
Mary Raber Elementary School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Raber Elementary School this school | 297 | 32.7% | 24.4% |
| Nancy Hanks Elementary School Ferdinand | 296 | 32.8% | 69.4% |
| Marrs Elementary School Mount Vernon | 297 | 30.6% | 68.3% |
| Sunman Elementary School Sunman | 327 | 34.9% | 46.2% |
| Rockcreek Elementary School Columbus | 351 | 32.2% | 52.7% |
| Mill Creek West Elementary Amo | 344 | 31.1% | 56.6% |
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 Raber Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Whitley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #794 of 983 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #834 of 986 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #772 of 986 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #842 of 1,079 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #574 of 991 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #817 of 996 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #881 of 1,058 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #228 of 597 | N/A |
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
297
+21 (+8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 297 | 19.2 | 15.5:1 | 33% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 19.2 | 15.1:1 | 48% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 15.5 | 16.2:1 | 51% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 45% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 48% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 39% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | 49% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 17% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Raber Elementary School.
About Mary Raber Elementary School
Mary Raber Elementary School sits in Columbia City, Indiana, and is classified as an elementary school. There are 297 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
The 7 schools in Whitley County Con Schools enroll 3,686 students altogether, Mary Raber Elementary School among them.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Whitley County residents, the White share is about 93%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
There are 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is similar, at 15.5:1. On the income side, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Whitley County is similar, at 33%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Mary Raber Elementary School outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Mary Raber Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 28.0 points (24.4% versus 52.4%), a bottom-10% result in Indiana on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Whitley County, where median household income comes to about $78,083, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whitley County counts 12 public schools with about 5,594 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Eagleview Online, is about 0.8 miles. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mary Raber Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 276 to 297. The ratio was 11.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Whitley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,618
Census ACS
Median income
$78,083
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitley County Con Schools
- Columbia City High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
- Indian Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Little Turtle Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Northern Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Coesse SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Eagleview OnlineCombined · 12 students
Other schools in Columbia City
- Columbia City High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
- Indian Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Little Turtle Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Northern Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Coesse SchoolElementary · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Eagleview Online0.8 mi · 12
- Columbia City High School1.4 mi · 1,202
- Indian Springs Middle School1.7 mi · 797
- Little Turtle Elementary School1.7 mi · 583
- Coesse School4.7 mi · 291
- Northern Heights Elementary School5.6 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Raber Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary Raber Elementary School?
Mary Raber Elementary School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary Raber Elementary School serve?
Mary Raber Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mary Raber Elementary School have?
Mary Raber Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Mary Raber Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mary Raber Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mary Raber Elementary School in?
Mary Raber Elementary School is part of Whitley County Con Schools.
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