Mt Comfort Elementary School

Mt Comfort Elementary School, a sizable K-5 school in Greenfield, Indiana, part of Mt Vernon Community School Corp, hosts 714 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Mt Comfort Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Mt Vernon Community School Corp, a district that educates 4,940 students overall.

On demographics, Mt Comfort Elementary School lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hancock County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Mt Comfort Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 43.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hancock County shows median household earnings sit near $93,186, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hancock County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), Mt Comfort Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Winding Ridge Elementary School, roughly 2.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mt Comfort Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mt Comfort Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.6%.

Mt Comfort Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 24%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 714 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 63% over that span.

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