Needmore Elementary School

Located at 278 Trogdon Lane, in Bedford, Indiana, Needmore Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community that teaches 223 students (grades K through 6), operated by North Lawrence Com Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Needmore Elementary School sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Needmore Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by North Lawrence Com Schools, a district that works with 3,568 students overall.

On demographics, Needmore Elementary School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Lawrence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Needmore Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lawrence County put median household income runs about $66,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Needmore Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dollens Elementary, around 2.9 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Needmore Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Needmore Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Needmore Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.