Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181029001674
Muessel Elementary School
1021 Blaine St, South Bend, IN 46628 · (574) 393-3400 · St. Joseph County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
203 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
8.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
3.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Muessel Elementary School
Muessel Elementary School's state test result (5.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muessel Elementary School this school | 295 | 68.8% | 5.3% |
| Paramount Cottage Home Indianapolis | 381 | 68.0% | 49.1% |
| Coquillard Elementary School South Bend | 305 | 63.6% | 3.3% |
| Lake Hills Elementary School Michigan City | 345 | 73.0% | 17.5% |
| Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School Indianapolis | 326 | 68.4% | 10.4% |
| James Whitcomb Riley School 43 Indianapolis | 240 | 72.5% | 4.6% |
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 Muessel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.3% | #978 of 983 | #39 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #985 of 986 | #40 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #971 of 986 | #37 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #849 of 1,079 | #38 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #60 of 991 | #5 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #330 of 996 | #22 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #179 of 1,058 | #8 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #142 of 597 | #5 of 26 |
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
295
-18 (-6%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 295 | 25.4 | 11.6:1 | 69% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 53.3 | 5.1:1 | 70% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 22.1 | 10.9:1 | 88% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 91% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 17 | 22.2:1 | 89% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 82% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 86% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 66% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 35 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muessel Elementary School.
About Muessel Elementary School
Muessel Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in South Bend, Indiana. It enrolled 295 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 32% lower than the average for elementary schools in Indiana, which is about 436.
South Bend Community School Corp oversees Muessel Elementary School and 28 other schools, with 13,585 students in total.
Muessel Elementary School's enrollment is 61% Black. The next largest groups are 15% White, 12% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. In St. Joseph County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. Muessel Elementary School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Muessel Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. Across public schools in St. Joseph County, the average is 46%.
Muessel Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Muessel Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 21.5 points. The model expects 26.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Indiana; the school's rate is 5.3%.
St. Joseph County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,868, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Muessel Elementary School is among the 73 public schools in St. Joseph County.
Nearest public school: Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Muessel Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Muessel Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 313 in 2020-21 and 295 in 2024-25, a decrease of 18 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.6:1.
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St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Bend Community School Corp
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in South Bend
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Success Academy Primary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Madison S.T.E.A.M. Academy0.8 mi · 431
- The Portage School of Leaders0.9 mi · 61
- Kennedy Academy1.0 mi · 443
- LaSalle Academy1.1 mi · 461
- Marquette Montessori Academy1.1 mi · 431
- Excel Center - South Bend1.2 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Muessel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Muessel Elementary School?
Muessel Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Muessel Elementary School serve?
Muessel Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Muessel Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Muessel Elementary School.
How diverse is Muessel Elementary School?
Muessel Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 12% Hispanic, 61% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is Muessel Elementary School public or private?
Muessel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Bend Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.