North Decatur Elementary School

North Decatur Elementary School, an average-sized primary school in Greensburg, Indiana, operated by Decatur County Community Schools, works with 496 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 4 schools in Decatur County Community Schools (1,764 students total), North Decatur Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, North Decatur Elementary School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, North Decatur Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 57.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Decatur County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,783 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Decatur County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,789 students), of which North Decatur Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Decatur Jr-Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Decatur Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

North Decatur Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for North Decatur Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.