McCordsville Elementary School

Located at 7177 N 600 W, in McCordsville, Indiana, McCordsville Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary-level community that hosts 700 students (grades K through 5), part of Mt Vernon Community School Corp. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 61% above typical.

McCordsville Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Mt Vernon Community School Corp, a district that hosts 4,940 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McCordsville Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hancock County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, McCordsville Elementary School shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting McCordsville Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McCordsville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hancock County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,186 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hancock County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), McCordsville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Geist Montessori Academy, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCordsville Elementary School. On composite proficiency, McCordsville Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

McCordsville Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 26%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 700 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 79% to 69%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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