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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-HARRIS-MADISON SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180876001148
Northpoint Elementary School
50800 Cherry Rd, Granger, IN 46530 · (574) 271-8598 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
78 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 50%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
84.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Northpoint Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #5 of 983 | #2 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #13 of 986 | #1 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #1 of 986 | #1 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #218 of 1,079 | #4 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #925 of 991 | #34 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #367 of 996 | #25 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #362 of 597 | #15 of 26 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
577
-61 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 21.3:1
% White
64%
was 70%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
20%
was 19%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 577 | 30.3 | 19.0:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 32.5 | 18.8:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 29.5 | 20.8:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 8% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northpoint Elementary School.
About Northpoint Elementary School
Northpoint Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Granger, Indiana. The school counts 577 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 32% larger than the 436 average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp runs 15 schools with a combined 11,329 students. Northpoint Elementary School is one of them.
Northpoint Elementary School is 64% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The school's lunch program data list 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in St. Joseph County average 46%.
A school in Indiana with Northpoint Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 66.0%. Northpoint Elementary School scores 83.6%.
Census estimates describe St. Joseph County this way: the median household income is $66,868, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Northpoint Elementary School, St. Joseph County has 72 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Northpoint Elementary School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Northpoint Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 7 years, Northpoint Elementary School's enrollment declined 10%, to 577. White students went from 70% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 64% in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 21.3:1 to 19.0:1 between 2017-18 and 2024-25.
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St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Prairie Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other schools in Granger
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Prairie Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Mary Frank Harris Elementary SchElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch0.2 mi · 471
- Prairie Vista Elementary School2.5 mi · 513
- Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center2.9 mi · 46
- Edwardsburg High School3.0 mi · 773
- Edwardsburg Middle School3.0 mi · 612
- Edwardsburg Intermediate School3.1 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Northpoint Elementary SchoolHow large is Northpoint Elementary School?
Northpoint Elementary School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades KG-05.
Is Northpoint Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northpoint Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Northpoint Elementary School have?
Northpoint Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Northpoint Elementary School?
Northpoint Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Northpoint Elementary School?
Northpoint Elementary School is overseen by Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.