Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180370000591
Mount Carmel School
6178 Johnson Fork Rd, Cedar Grove, IN 47016 · (765) 647-4191 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
79 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
62.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Mount Carmel School
Mount Carmel School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel School this school | 213 | 37.1% | 54.6% |
| Chrisney Elementary School Chrisney | 216 | 38.4% | 61.0% |
| Jackson Township Elementary School Brazil | 237 | 37.1% | 56.4% |
| Central Noble Primary School Wolf Lake | 238 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School Birdseye | 235 | 35.3% | 62.3% |
| Luce Elementary School Richland | 178 | 37.1% | 64.8% |
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 Mount Carmel School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #236 of 983 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #223 of 986 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #277 of 986 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #982 of 1,079 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #431 of 991 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #988 of 996 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #831 of 1,058 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #133 of 597 |
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
213
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 213 | 14.5 | 14.7:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 16.8 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 18.5 | 12.8:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 37% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 39% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 34% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 21% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Carmel School.
About Mount Carmel School
Mount Carmel School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Cedar Grove, Indiana. Federal data show 213 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 51% below that mark.
Franklin County Community Sch Corp (5 schools, 1,944 students) runs Mount Carmel School.
The share of White students at Mount Carmel School is 97%. In Franklin County overall, the White share is about 96%. The diversity index for Mount Carmel School is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 14.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.7:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 0.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 37%. The average for public schools in Franklin County is similar, at 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mount Carmel School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Indiana public elementary schools.
A school with Mount Carmel School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 49.3%. Mount Carmel School scores 54.6%, 5.3 points above that line.
The school is in Franklin County, where median household income comes to about $78,074, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Franklin County's 7 public schools enroll about 3,167 students and include Mount Carmel School.
The closest school to Mount Carmel School is Franklin County High, located about 7.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Local comparison: Mount Carmel School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 54.6% versus a 58.1% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 223 to 213, a 4% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
Mount Carmel School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,020
Census ACS
Median income
$78,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,167 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Community Sch Corp
- Franklin County HighHigh · 614 students
- Brookville Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Franklin County Middle SchoolMiddle · 385 students
- Laurel SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin County High7.1 mi · 614
- Franklin County Middle School7.2 mi · 385
- Brookville Elementary School7.2 mi · 487
- Morgan Elementary School8.2 mi · 385
- Talawanda Middle School9.2 mi · 679
- North Dearborn Elementary School9.2 mi · 793
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Carmel SchoolHow many students attend Mount Carmel School?
Mount Carmel School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mount Carmel School serve?
Mount Carmel School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mount Carmel School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Mount Carmel School.
How diverse is Mount Carmel School?
Mount Carmel School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Mount Carmel School public or private?
Mount Carmel School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County Community Sch Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.