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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180048002403
Prairie Crossing Elementary School
2758 S 400 E, Oxford, IN 47971 · (765) 884-3000 · Benton County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
393 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Prairie Crossing Elementary School→Benton Central Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Benton Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
33.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Prairie Crossing Elementary School
Prairie Crossing Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Crossing Elementary School this school | 564 | 69.7% | 33.9% |
| East Jay Elementary Portland | 529 | 64.7% | 46.5% |
| Northview Elementary School Gas City | 673 | 68.1% | 36.6% |
| Southwestern Elementary School Hanover | 633 | 65.4% | 42.5% |
| Anderson Elementary School Madison | 489 | 69.7% | 17.6% |
| Maconaquah Elementary School Bunker Hill | 563 | 63.6% | 32.4% |
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 Prairie Crossing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #635 of 983 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #703 of 986 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #696 of 986 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #237 of 1,079 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #468 of 991 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #642 of 996 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #166 of 1,058 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.1% | #82 of 353 |
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
564
+148 (+36%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 564 | 37.8 | 14.9:1 | 70% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 37.5 | 15.3:1 | 69% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 35.8 | 15.7:1 | 65% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 55% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 58% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 53% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 51% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Crossing Elementary School.
About Prairie Crossing Elementary School
Prairie Crossing Elementary School is an elementary school in Oxford, Indiana, and it is part of Benton Community School Corp. The school has 564 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Indiana enroll about 436 students on average.
Benton Community School Corp operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,601 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The school's 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. That is in line with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Income data for the school show 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Benton County average 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Prairie Crossing Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The model predicts 26.2% for a school in Indiana with Prairie Crossing Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Prairie Crossing Elementary School posts 33.9%.
In Benton County, home to about 8,735 people, the median household earns about $65,875 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Prairie Crossing Elementary School shares Benton County with 2 other public schools.
Benton Central Jr-Sr High School sits about 0.3 miles from Prairie Crossing Elementary School. Prairie Crossing Elementary School has 3 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 46.0% proficiency; Prairie Crossing Elementary School posts 33.9%.
In the federal locale system, Prairie Crossing Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Prairie Crossing Elementary School had a net gain of 148 students, or 36%. The school's ratio increased from 13.9:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,735
Census ACS
Median income
$65,875
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
1,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benton Community School Corp
- Benton Central Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 792 students
- Otterbein Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other Prairie Crossing Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairie Crossing Elementary. Prairie Crossing Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Prairie Crossing Elementary SchoolPARKER, CO · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Benton Central Jr-Sr High School0.3 mi · 792
- Pine Village Elementary School8.1 mi · 160
- Otterbein Elementary School9.5 mi · 245
- Tri-County Jr/Sr High School14.4 mi · 341
- Tri-County Primary School14.6 mi · 192
- Klondike Elementary School16.6 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Crossing Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Prairie Crossing Elementary School?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School enrolls approximately 564 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Prairie Crossing Elementary School serve?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Crossing Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Crossing Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Prairie Crossing Elementary School?
Student demographics at Prairie Crossing Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Prairie Crossing Elementary School in?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School is part of Benton Community School Corp.
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