Nancy Hanks Elementary School

Nancy Hanks Elementary School operates as an intimate K-5 school in Ferdinand, Indiana, overseen by North Spencer County Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

North Spencer County Sch Corp runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,166 students. Nancy Hanks Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nancy Hanks Elementary School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic. Compared to Spencer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Nancy Hanks Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Nancy Hanks Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Indiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.4%; actual is 69.4%, +17.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Spencer County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,506 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Spencer County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,231 students), of which Nancy Hanks Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ferdinand Elementary School, around 4.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Nancy Hanks Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Nancy Hanks Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 26%: 234 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.