Northern Heights Elementary School

Northern Heights Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary campus in Columbia City, Indiana, run under Whitley County Con Schools, works with 504 students, covering grades K through 5.

Whitley County Con Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,686 students. Northern Heights Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Northern Heights Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Whitley County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Northern Heights Elementary School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Northern Heights Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Whitley County shows median household income runs about $78,083, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Whitley County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,594 students), Northern Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eagleview Online, around 5.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northern Heights Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 515 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.