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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180369000584
Northwood Elementary School
965 Grizzly Cub Dr, Franklin, IN 46131 · (317) 346-8900 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
304 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 107 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Northwood Elementary School→Custer Baker Intermediate School→Franklin Community Middle School→Franklin Community High School
Based on grade levels within Franklin Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
50.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northwood Elementary School
Northwood Elementary School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary School this school | 505 | 60.2% | 45.5% |
| Lewis Cass Elementary School Walton | 563 | 57.2% | 33.3% |
| Spencer Elementary School Spencer | 521 | 58.5% | 34.8% |
| Princeton Comm Intermediate School Princeton | 430 | 57.4% | 33.5% |
| Maconaquah Elementary School Bunker Hill | 563 | 63.6% | 32.4% |
| Southeast Fountain Elementary Veedersburg | 502 | 57.8% | 39.1% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #394 of 983 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #409 of 986 | #16 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #418 of 986 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #367 of 1,079 | #14 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #577 of 991 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #606 of 996 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #353 of 1,058 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #239 of 353 | #5 of 7 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
505
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 505 | 32.5 | 15.5:1 | 60% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 67% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 36.3 | 15.4:1 | 56% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 60% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 58% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 59% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 35% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 22 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary School.
About Northwood Elementary School
Families in Franklin, Indiana, are served by Northwood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 505 students in 2024-25.
Northwood Elementary School is one of the 9 schools that make up Franklin Community School Corp (4,966 students in total).
Northwood Elementary School is 81% White by enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 85% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Northwood Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 60% at Northwood Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Johnson County average 41%.
Northwood Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Indiana public elementary schools.
A school with Northwood Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 32.9%. Northwood Elementary School scores 45.5%, 12.6 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Johnson County, the median household earns about $90,454 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Northwood Elementary School, Johnson County has 40 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Franklin Community Virtual School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Northwood Elementary School is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment rose by 14% across 4 years, from 442 in 2020-21 to 505 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Northwood Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Community School Corp
- Franklin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,531 students
- Custer Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Franklin Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Webb Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,531 students
- Custer Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Franklin Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 25.
- Northwood Elementary SchoolMooresville, IN · 402 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHILTON, NY · 719 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Community Virtual School0.1 mi · 122
- Franklin Community Middle School0.2 mi · 726
- Custer Baker Intermediate School1.3 mi · 734
- Needham Elementary School1.5 mi · 347
- Webb Elementary School1.5 mi · 319
- Creekside Elementary School1.5 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Northwood Elementary School?
Northwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Northwood Elementary School serve?
Northwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Northwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Northwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Northwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Northwood Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Elementary School?
Northwood Elementary School is overseen by Franklin Community School Corp in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.