Nappanee Elementary School

Nappanee Elementary School, an average-sized elementary school in Nappanee, Indiana, run under Wa-Nee Community Schools, caters to 378 students, covering grades K through 5.

Wa-Nee Community Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,848 students; Nappanee Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nappanee Elementary School lists that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Elkhart County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Nappanee Elementary School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nappanee Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nappanee Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Woodview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nappanee Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nappanee Elementary School has declined 5%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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