Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER CLARK COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 180394000671
New Washington Elementary School
224 N Poplar St., New Washington, IN 47162 · (812) 293-3331 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
151 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
43.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 New Washington Elementary School
New Washington Elementary School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Washington Elementary School this school | 296 | 51.0% | 38.5% |
| Fayette Elementary School West Terre Haute | 307 | 51.8% | 39.3% |
| Coesse School Columbia City | 291 | 48.5% | 38.1% |
| Webb Elementary School Franklin | 319 | 51.7% | 37.9% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary School Crawfordsville | 271 | 52.4% | 62.1% |
| Metro North Elementary School Wabash | 285 | 49.1% | N/A |
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 New Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #553 of 983 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #531 of 986 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #463 of 986 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #846 of 1,079 | #15 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #583 of 991 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #749 of 996 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #575 of 1,058 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #499 of 597 | N/A |
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
296
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 299
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 51% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 22 | 14.5:1 | 53% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 12 | 24.8:1 | 51% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 13.5 | 22.7:1 | 55% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 13 | 24.0:1 | 52% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 44% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 27% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 299 | 15 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Washington Elementary School.
About New Washington Elementary School
New Washington Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in New Washington, Indiana. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 296 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 32% smaller than average.
New Washington Elementary School is part of Greater Clark County Schools, where 17 schools serve 10,643 students.
At New Washington Elementary School, White students make up 89% of the student body. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By the diversity index, New Washington Elementary School comes in at 20%.
Its teaching staff equals 19 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 51%. Across public schools in Clark County, the average is about the same, 50%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, New Washington Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with New Washington Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 39.4%. New Washington Elementary School scores 38.5%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Clark County show that median household income is about $74,214, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 33 public schools in Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 23,765.
The shortest distance from New Washington Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to New Washington Middle/High School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. By average proficiency, New Washington Elementary School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
New Washington Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 297 to 296, a small change. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.8:1 to 15.6:1.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,354
Census ACS
Median income
$74,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
23,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Clark County Schools
- Jeffersonville High SchoolHigh · 2,202 students
- Charlestown Senior High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- River Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Parkview Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Charlestown Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Utica Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other schools in New Washington
- New Washington Middle/High SchoolHigh · 331 students
Nearby schools
- New Washington Middle/High School0.1 mi · 331
- Lexington Elementary School7.6 mi · 205
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary School10.1 mi · 588
- Charlestown Senior High School10.3 mi · 860
- Southwestern Elementary School10.4 mi · 633
- Southwestern High School10.6 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About New Washington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend New Washington Elementary School?
New Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does New Washington Elementary School serve?
New Washington Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does New Washington Elementary School have?
New Washington Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at New Washington Elementary School?
Student demographics at New Washington Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is New Washington Elementary School in?
New Washington Elementary School is part of Greater Clark County Schools.
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