Osolo Elementary School

Osolo Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Elkhart, Indiana, overseen by Elkhart Community Schools, with 452 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 19 schools in Elkhart Community Schools (10,640 students total), Osolo Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Osolo Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 41% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Osolo Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Osolo Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Osolo Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 20.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Elkhart County shows median household income runs about $68,561, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Osolo Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pinewood Elementary School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Osolo Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Osolo Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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