Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ALBANY-FLOYD CO CON SCH·NCES 180741001278
S Ellen Jones Elementary School
600 E 11th St, New Albany, IN 47150 · (812) 949-4306 · Floyd County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
145 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 68 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (37).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
19.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 S Ellen Jones Elementary School
S Ellen Jones Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S Ellen Jones Elementary School this school | 243 | 59.7% | 20.0% |
| Westview Elementary School Richmond | 258 | 61.6% | 29.5% |
| Springfield Elementary School Michigan City | 312 | 63.8% | 24.9% |
| Harper Elementary School Evansville | 344 | 57.6% | 38.5% |
| Premier Arts Academy Elkhart | 286 | 58.4% | 20.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Jeffersonville | 326 | 53.1% | 45.2% |
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 S Ellen Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Floyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #841 of 983 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #876 of 986 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #800 of 986 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #939 of 1,079 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #74 of 991 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #265 of 996 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #365 of 1,058 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #309 of 353 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
243
+17 (+8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 243 | 20.6 | 11.8:1 | 60% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 19.6 | 12.0:1 | 61% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 20.8 | 10.0:1 | 80% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 12 | 18.8:1 | 82% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 11 | 21.7:1 | 79% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 13 | 20.1:1 | 90% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 91% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 87% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S Ellen Jones Elementary School.
About S Ellen Jones Elementary School
Federal records list S Ellen Jones Elementary School as an elementary school in New Albany, Indiana. It educates 243 students in pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students.
New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch is made up of 15 schools with 11,362 students in all.
S Ellen Jones Elementary School's enrollment is 57% White. Other groups make up 19% Black, 17% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The school's White share is 29 points below the 86% share among Floyd County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at S Ellen Jones Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
At S Ellen Jones Elementary School, 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 60% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Floyd County is 38%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, S Ellen Jones Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for S Ellen Jones Elementary School is -13.3 points: 20.0% actual, 33.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Floyd County this way: median household income is about $79,704, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Floyd County number 17 and enroll about 11,849.
New Albany Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. S Ellen Jones Elementary School ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.0% against a local average of 34.9%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
S Ellen Jones Elementary School saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 18.8:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,918
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
11,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Floyd Central High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Highland Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,676 students
- Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Hazelwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 659 students
Other schools in New Albany
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Hazelwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Grant Line Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Community MontessoriCombined · 487 students
Nearby schools
- New Albany Senior High School0.5 mi · 1,821
- Hazelwood Middle School0.7 mi · 798
- CA Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 1
- Fairmont Elementary School1.3 mi · 334
- Portland Elementary1.4 mi · 304
- Nathaniel Scribner Middle School1.4 mi · 941
Frequently asked questions
About S Ellen Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at S Ellen Jones Elementary School?
S Ellen Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades PK-04.
Is S Ellen Jones Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
S Ellen Jones Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does S Ellen Jones Elementary School have?
S Ellen Jones Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at S Ellen Jones Elementary School?
Student demographics at S Ellen Jones Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 19% Black, 17% Two or more.
Is S Ellen Jones Elementary School public or private?
S Ellen Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch.
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