North Side Elementary School

Located at 905 N Plum St, in Union City, Indiana, North Side Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that caters to 526 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Randolph Eastern School Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so North Side Elementary School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

North Side Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Randolph Eastern School Corp, a district that works with 915 students overall.

On demographics, North Side Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 45% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Randolph County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, North Side Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.9%; actual is 20.3%, a gap of -17.6 points.

In the area at large, Randolph County reports that median household income runs about $60,791, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Randolph County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,772 students), North Side Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Union City Community Jr/Sr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around North Side Elementary School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Side Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.1%.

North Side Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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