Pierceton Elementary School

Set in Pierceton, Indiana, Pierceton Elementary School is a small elementary school, run under Whitko Community School Corp. It caters to 298 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Whitko Community School Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 1,103 students, Pierceton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Pierceton Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Pierceton Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pierceton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 29.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kosciusko County put median household earnings sit near $75,317, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pierceton Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Kosciusko County (combined enrollment of about 11,029 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Elementary School, around 6.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Pierceton Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pierceton Elementary School's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 298). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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