Roachdale Elementary School

Roachdale Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Roachdale, Indiana, overseen by North Putnam Community Schools, with 218 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within North Putnam Community Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,370 students, Roachdale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Roachdale Elementary School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Roachdale Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Roachdale Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 44.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Putnam County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,378 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Roachdale Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 7,322 students).

North Putnam Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roachdale Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roachdale Elementary School has ticked down 5%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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