Poston Road Elementary School

Poston Road Elementary School is one of the small elementary campuss in Martinsville, Indiana, run under MSD Martinsville Schools, with 237 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 46% smaller than typical.

Across the 10 schools in MSD Martinsville Schools (3,998 students total), Poston Road Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Poston Road Elementary School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Poston Road Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Poston Road Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Poston Road Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Morgan County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Poston Road Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate median household income runs about $79,429, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Poston Road Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 10,142 students).

John R. Wooden Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Poston Road Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Poston Road Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

Poston Road Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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