Mount Tabor Elementary School

Mount Tabor Elementary School operates as a sprawling primary school in New Albany, Indiana, run under New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch. Current enrollment sits at 655 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 50% above typical.

Across the 15 schools in New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch (11,362 students total), Mount Tabor Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mount Tabor Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Floyd County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Floyd County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mount Tabor Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.0%; Mount Tabor Elementary School posts 55.4%, +18.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Floyd County put the typical household earns roughly $79,704 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Floyd County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,849 students), of which Mount Tabor Elementary School is one.

Fairmont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Tabor Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Tabor Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.