North Salem Elementary School

Located at 7027 N SR 75, in North Salem, Indiana, North Salem Elementary School is a small elementary school that instructs 231 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by North West Hendricks Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so North Salem Elementary School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Within North West Hendricks Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 1,958 students, North Salem Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Salem Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, North Salem Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at North Salem Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Hendricks County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Salem Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hendricks County) reports that median household earnings sit near $101,144, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Salem Elementary School is one of 47 public schools in Hendricks County (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students).

The closest other public school is Tri-West Senior High School, roughly 5.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Salem Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. North Salem Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 231). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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