Pendleton Elementary School

Pendleton Elementary School, a sprawling K-5 school in Pendleton, Indiana, overseen by South Madison Com Sch Corp, works with 893 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Pendleton Elementary School sits 105% larger than that benchmark.

South Madison Com Sch Corp runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,670 students. Pendleton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pendleton Elementary School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Madison County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pendleton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

Around the school, Madison County reports that median household income runs about $63,037, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students), Pendleton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pendleton Heights High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pendleton Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.9%.

Pendleton Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 889 students in 2018 compared to 893 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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