Perry Worth Elementary School

Perry Worth Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Lebanon, Indiana, overseen by Lebanon Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 601 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Lebanon Community School Corp runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,701 students. Perry Worth Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Perry Worth Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Perry Worth Elementary School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Perry Worth Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Boone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,250 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Perry Worth Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 13,246 students).

Boone Meadow is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Perry Worth Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Perry Worth Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Perry Worth Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 56% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 601). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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