Mount Healthy Elementary School

Mount Healthy Elementary School is a cozy primary school in Columbus, Indiana, overseen by Bartholomew Con School Corp. The school works with 365 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Bartholomew Con School Corp runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,657 students. Mount Healthy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mount Healthy Elementary School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. Compared to Bartholomew County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Mount Healthy Elementary School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Mount Healthy Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mount Healthy Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.0%; Mount Healthy Elementary School posts 27.9%, -15.1 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bartholomew County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,901 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Mount Healthy Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Bartholomew County (combined enrollment of about 12,688 students).

The closest other public school is Van Buren Elementary School, roughly 7.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Healthy Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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