1
What's the biggest difference between Pioneer Elementary School and what you expected?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIONEER REGIONAL SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180894001490
Pioneer Elementary School
109 E Black Lane, Royal Center, IN 46978 · (574) 643-2255 · Cass County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- C-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
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
269 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 38% smaller than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Pioneer Elementary School→Pioneer Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Pioneer Regional School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Pioneer Elementary School
Pioneer Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary School this school | 473 | 56.9% | 28.6% |
| Flint Springs Elementary Huntington | 454 | 55.9% | 47.7% |
| Southeast Fountain Elementary Veedersburg | 502 | 57.8% | 39.1% |
| Eastern Pulaski Elementary School Winamac | 473 | 55.0% | 39.8% |
| Western Wayne Elementary School Cambridge City | 433 | 56.6% | 38.2% |
| Spencer Elementary School Spencer | 521 | 58.5% | 34.8% |
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 Pioneer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #734 of 983 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #741 of 986 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #783 of 986 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #438 of 1,079 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #255 of 991 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #753 of 996 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #437 of 1,058 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #420 of 597 |
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
473
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 473 | 34.5 | 13.7:1 | 57% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 38.5 | 12.6:1 | 58% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 31.5 | 15.5:1 | 56% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 50% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 49% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 46% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 45% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 19% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 30 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary School.
About Pioneer Elementary School
Among the schools in Royal Center, Indiana, is Pioneer Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 473 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.
Besides Pioneer Elementary School, Pioneer Regional School Corp runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 898 students.
Pioneer Elementary School is 89% White by enrollment. Next come 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 77% White among all Cass County residents. The diversity index for Pioneer Elementary School is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Pioneer Elementary School, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pioneer Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Indiana public elementary schools.
In Indiana, Pioneer Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.6% actual against a predicted 35.3%.
The school's county is Cass County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $56,403, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,815, Pioneer Elementary School among them.
Pioneer Jr-Sr High School is about 0.6 miles from Pioneer Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Pioneer Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Pioneer Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Pioneer Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 495 to 473, a 4% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 13.7:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Pioneer Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,680
Census ACS
Median income
$56,403
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pioneer Regional School Corp
- Pioneer Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 425 students
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 29.
- Pioneer ElementaryMerced, CA · 1,055 students
- Pioneer ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 859 students
- Pioneer ElementaryUnion City, CA · 623 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 621 students
- PIONEER ELEMENTARYPIERZ, MN · 607 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Jr-Sr High School0.6 mi · 425
- Columbia Elementary School9.9 mi · 432
- Logansport Intermediate School9.9 mi · 654
- Logansport Juvenile Correctional10.1 mi · 146
- Berry Preschool10.2 mi · 122
- Eastlawn Elementary School10.2 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pioneer Elementary School serve?
Pioneer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School is overseen by Pioneer Regional School Corp in Cass County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.