S Ellen Jones Elementary School

Located at 600 E 11th St, in New Albany, Indiana, S Ellen Jones Elementary School is a compact elementary campus that works with 243 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Across the 15 schools in New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch (11,362 students total), S Ellen Jones Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, S Ellen Jones Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Black, 17% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, S Ellen Jones Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Floyd County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, S Ellen Jones Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 20.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Floyd County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $79,704 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Floyd County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,849 students), S Ellen Jones Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

New Albany Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts S Ellen Jones Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 239 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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