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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Model Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180393000656
Model Elementary School
412 S Greene Rd, Goshen, IN 46526 · (574) 533-7677 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- B+Beats 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
14.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
309 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (95).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Goshen Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Model Elementary School
Model Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Elementary School this school | 474 | 65.2% | 36.7% |
| West Noble Elementary School Ligonier | 473 | 62.4% | 30.4% |
| Waterford Elementary School Goshen | 400 | 61.3% | 44.4% |
| Seymour-Jackson Elementary School Seymour | 609 | 63.9% | 19.1% |
| Suncrest Elementary School Frankfort | 545 | 60.6% | 28.4% |
| North White Elementary School Monon | 435 | 70.3% | 18.1% |
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 Model Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #593 of 983 | #20 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #612 of 986 | #22 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #603 of 986 | #20 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #429 of 1,079 | #12 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #441 of 991 | #12 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #314 of 996 | #13 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #247 of 1,058 | #8 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #166 of 597 | #11 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
474
-147 (-24%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 474 | 32.2 | 14.7:1 | 65% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 31.2 | 15.9:1 | 67% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 35.1 | 14.2:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 57% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 66% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 68% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 31% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Model Elementary School.
About Model Elementary School
Families in Goshen, Indiana, are served by Model Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 474 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 4.
Goshen Community Schools serves 6,242 students across 10 schools.
At Model Elementary School, 54% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 35% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Elkhart County is about 20% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The school had 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 65%. That is higher than the 51% average for public schools in Elkhart County.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Model Elementary School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Model Elementary School is 7.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.7% versus 29.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
For the population of Elkhart County, the median household earns about $68,561 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Model Elementary School shares Elkhart County with 59 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Model Elementary School is closest to Goshen Intermediate School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.7% on proficiency, and Model Elementary School is below that at 36.7%.
Federal data place Model Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 474, down from 621 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.3:1 to 14.7:1.
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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 Goshen Community Schools
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- West Goshen Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
Other schools in Goshen
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Fairfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other Model Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Model Elementary. Model Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Model Elementary SchoolRome, GA · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Goshen Intermediate School0.5 mi · 889
- West Goshen Elementary School0.9 mi · 387
- Goshen Junior High School1.3 mi · 927
- Chamberlain Elementary School1.9 mi · 342
- Chandler Innovation Academy2.0 mi · 357
- Parkside Elementary School2.1 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Model Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Model Elementary School?
Model Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-04.
Is Model Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Model Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Model Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Model Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Model Elementary School?
Student demographics at Model Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 54% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Model Elementary School?
Model Elementary School is overseen by Goshen Community Schools in Elkhart County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.