Rolling Prairie Elementary School

Rolling Prairie Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, operated by New Prairie United School Corp, hosts 414 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within New Prairie United School Corp, which oversees 5 schools and 2,815 students, Rolling Prairie Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Rolling Prairie Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Rolling Prairie Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Rolling Prairie Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rolling Prairie Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for LaPorte County put the typical household earns roughly $71,055 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across LaPorte County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), Rolling Prairie Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Prairie Middle School, roughly 2.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Rolling Prairie Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Rolling Prairie Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Rolling Prairie Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 414). Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 35.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Rolling Prairie Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.