McKinley Elementary School

Located at 228 N Greenlawn Ave, in South Bend, Indiana, McKinley Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus that instructs 315 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under South Bend Community School Corp. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

South Bend Community School Corp runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 13,585 students. McKinley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, McKinley Elementary School lists that 33% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Joseph County put median household earnings sit near $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Joseph County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), McKinley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Bend Virtual School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McKinley Elementary School has contracted 20%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 48% to 33%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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