Enrollment
286
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PREMIER ARTS ACADEMY·NCES 181323902776
Premier Arts Academy
2721 Prairie St., Elkhart, IN 46614 · (574) 361-1258 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
167 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 64% larger than its 7th grade class (25).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
17.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Premier Arts Academy
Premier Arts Academy's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Arts Academy this school | 286 | 58.4% | 20.2% |
| Harper Elementary School Evansville | 344 | 57.6% | 38.5% |
| Liberty Elementary School Hobart | 398 | 58.0% | 42.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Valparaiso | 285 | 52.3% | 71.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Jeffersonville | 326 | 53.1% | 45.2% |
| S Ellen Jones Elementary School New Albany | 243 | 59.7% | 20.0% |
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 Premier Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #839 of 983 | #33 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #893 of 986 | #33 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #767 of 986 | #30 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #865 of 1,079 | #35 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #79 of 991 | #1 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #167 of 996 | #7 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #397 of 1,058 | #14 of 38 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 286 | 24 | 11.9:1 | 58% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Premier Arts Academy.
About Premier Arts Academy
Premier Arts Academy, a small elementary school, is located in Elkhart, Indiana. Federal data show 286 students enrolled in kindergarten through 7 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
Premier Arts Academy operates as its own local education agency.
More than half of enrollment at Premier Arts Academy is White: 51%. Next come 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 13% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White. The diversity index for Premier Arts Academy is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Premier Arts Academy comes to 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1. Premier Arts Academy counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 34.2% for a school in Indiana with Premier Arts Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Premier Arts Academy posts 20.2%.
The county, Elkhart County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $68,561, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 60 public schools and about 33,574 students.
Of the public schools around it, Premier Arts Academy is closest to Concord West Side Elem School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Premier Arts Academy ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Premier Arts Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
People who know Premier Arts Academy can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Concord West Side Elem School0.4 mi · 504
- Pierre Moran Middle School0.7 mi · 396
- Hawthorne Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 156
- Monger Elementary School0.8 mi · 394
- Roosevelt STEAM Academy0.8 mi · 531
- Mary Beck Elementary School1.4 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Premier Arts AcademyHow large is Premier Arts Academy?
Premier Arts Academy enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does Premier Arts Academy serve?
Premier Arts Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
How many teachers does Premier Arts Academy have?
Premier Arts Academy employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Premier Arts Academy?
Premier Arts Academy reports a student body of 51% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Premier Arts Academy public or private?
Premier Arts Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Premier Arts Academy.
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