Enrollment
147
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPENCER-OWEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181095001792
Patricksburg Elementary School
Hwy 246, Patricksburg, IN 47455 · (812) 859-4525 · Owen County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
100 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Based on grade levels within Spencer-Owen Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
32.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Patricksburg Elementary School
Patricksburg Elementary School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricksburg Elementary School this school | 147 | 68.0% | 31.6% |
| Wood Memorial Intermediate School Mackey | 150 | 67.3% | 37.4% |
| Deputy Elementary School Deputy | 138 | 65.9% | 56.8% |
| West Crawford Elementary School Eckerty | 170 | 68.8% | 36.1% |
| Martha J Ridpath Elementary School Greencastle | 160 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Gosport Elementary School Gosport | 149 | 71.8% | 34.3% |
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 Patricksburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #689 of 983 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #713 of 986 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #703 of 986 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #1,040 of 1,079 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #198 of 1,058 |
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
147
+15 (+11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 147 | 11.5 | 12.8:1 | 68% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 11.2 | 12.3:1 | 75% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 13.7 | 9.4:1 | 77% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 13 | 10.2:1 | 70% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 8 | 19.1:1 | 75% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 183 | 8 | 22.9:1 | 61% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 10 | 20.8:1 | 66% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 51% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patricksburg Elementary School.
About Patricksburg Elementary School
Patricksburg Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Patricksburg, Indiana. It reported 147 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Indiana enroll about 436 students on average.
Spencer-Owen Community Schools, which runs Patricksburg Elementary School, has 6 schools and 2,156 students.
Patricksburg Elementary School is 96% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial. That is in line with Owen County, where about 95% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Patricksburg Elementary School scores 8%.
Based on 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Patricksburg Elementary School has a ratio of 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Owen County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, Patricksburg Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Indiana public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Patricksburg Elementary School is 4.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.6% actual, 27.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
In Owen County, home to about 21,604 people, the median household earns about $62,464 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Patricksburg Elementary School shares Owen County with 5 other public schools.
Clay City Jr-Sr High School is the nearest public school to Patricksburg Elementary School, about 8.9 miles away. Within ten miles of Patricksburg Elementary School, there are 4 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 31.6% is below the 44.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 132 to 147, an 11% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.2:1 to 12.8:1.
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Owen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,604
Census ACS
Median income
$62,464
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spencer-Owen Community Schools
- Owen Valley Community High SchoolHigh · 628 students
- Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- McCormick's Creek Elementary SchElementary · 390 students
- Owen Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Gosport Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
Nearby schools
- Clay City Jr-Sr High School8.9 mi · 366
- Clay City Elementary School8.9 mi · 385
- Owen Valley Middle School9.0 mi · 321
- Owen Valley Community High School9.1 mi · 628
- Spencer Elementary School10.2 mi · 521
- Jackson Township Elementary School13.1 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Patricksburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Patricksburg Elementary School?
Patricksburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Patricksburg Elementary School serve?
Patricksburg Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patricksburg Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patricksburg Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patricksburg Elementary School?
At Patricksburg Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Patricksburg Elementary School?
Patricksburg Elementary School is overseen by Spencer-Owen Community Schools in Owen County.
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