Premier Arts Academy

Premier Arts Academy, a modestly sized K-5 school in Elkhart, Indiana, run under Premier Arts Academy, instructs 286 students, covering grades K through 7. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Premier Arts Academy sits 34% below that benchmark.

Premier Arts Academy is a school of Premier Arts Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Premier Arts Academy logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Premier Arts Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Premier Arts Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Premier Arts Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) logs that median household income runs about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Premier Arts Academy is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

The closest other public school is Concord West Side Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Premier Arts Academy. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Premier Arts Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 20.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Premier Arts Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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