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How has Neil Armstrong Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORESVILLE CON SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180714001208
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
1000 Rd 144, Mooresville, IN 46158 · (317) 831-9210 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
282 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Mooresville Con School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Neil Armstrong Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School this school | 543 | 51.9% | 43.1% |
| Clinton Central Elementary School Michigantown | 527 | 49.9% | 48.2% |
| Creekside Elementary School Franklin | 517 | 53.0% | 53.6% |
| Triton Elementary School Bourbon | 517 | 50.9% | 44.5% |
| Centerville-Abington Elem School Centerville | 530 | 50.6% | 45.7% |
| North Judson-San Pierre Elem Sch North Judson | 471 | 53.3% | 42.3% |
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 Neil Armstrong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #448 of 983 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #374 of 986 | #8 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #436 of 986 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #282 of 1,079 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #903 of 991 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #707 of 996 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #555 of 1,058 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #254 of 353 | #6 of 6 |
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
543
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 543 | 29.3 | 18.5:1 | 52% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 28.3 | 18.7:1 | 58% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 28.5 | 18.8:1 | 55% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 23.1 | 22.5:1 | 53% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 52% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 19% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
About Neil Armstrong Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Neil Armstrong Elementary School serves students in Mooresville, Indiana. Federal data show 543 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Mooresville Con School Corp counts 7 schools and 4,318 students, including Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
The share of students at Neil Armstrong Elementary School who are White is 86%. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
With 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.5:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 52% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Neil Armstrong Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 38.8%.
For Morgan County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $79,429, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,142, Neil Armstrong Elementary School among them.
Newby Memorial Elementary School sits about 1.4 miles from Neil Armstrong Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Neil Armstrong Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Neil Armstrong Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 543, compared with 528 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 18.5:1.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,659
Census ACS
Median income
$79,429
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mooresville Con School Corp
- Mooresville High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Paul Hadley Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- North Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Waverly Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Newby Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Mooresville
- Mooresville High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Paul Hadley Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Newby Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other Neil Armstrong Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Neil Armstrong Elementary. Neil Armstrong Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHARLOTTE, FL · 763 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolHoffman Estates, IL · 498 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolEldridge, IA · 369 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 322 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Newby Memorial Elementary School1.4 mi · 264
- Mooresville High School1.4 mi · 1,372
- Paul Hadley Middle School1.5 mi · 668
- Northwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 402
- North Madison Elementary School3.7 mi · 665
- Brooklyn STEM Academy4.3 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolHow large is Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-06.
Is Neil Armstrong Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Neil Armstrong Elementary School have?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
How diverse is Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Neil Armstrong Elementary School public or private?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mooresville Con School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.