Otterbein Elementary School

Otterbein Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school in Otterbein, Indiana, one of the schools within Benton Community School Corp. The school educates 245 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Benton Community School Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,601 students; Otterbein Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Otterbein Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Benton County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Otterbein Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Otterbein Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Benton County put median household earnings sit near $65,875, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Benton County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,601 students), Otterbein Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Klondike Elementary School, roughly 7.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Otterbein Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Otterbein Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 245). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.