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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY-PERRY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180588001045
Selma Elementary School
200 S East St, Selma, IN 47383 · (765) 282-2455 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
298 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Liberty-Perry Community Sch Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
66.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Selma Elementary School
Selma Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Elementary School this school | 535 | 55.7% | 55.1% |
| Hope Elementary School Hope | 547 | 54.5% | 38.0% |
| Aurora Elementary School Aurora | 524 | 56.5% | 33.4% |
| West Washington Elementary School Campbellsburg | 523 | 56.4% | 65.5% |
| Orleans Elementary School Orleans | 499 | 54.7% | 30.3% |
| North Harrison Elementary School Ramsey | 562 | 53.9% | 39.0% |
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 Selma Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #223 of 983 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #163 of 986 | #1 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #258 of 986 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #294 of 1,079 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #806 of 991 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.4% | #792 of 996 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #470 of 1,058 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #456 of 597 | #6 of 8 |
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
535
-36 (-6%) vs 2020
+109% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 56% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 57% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 53% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 58% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 51% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 28% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 15 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selma Elementary School.
About Selma Elementary School
Federal records list Selma Elementary School as an elementary school in Selma, Indiana. A total of 535 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 23% higher.
Liberty-Perry Community Sch Corp is responsible for 3 schools, Selma Elementary School included, with 1,161 students in all.
The student body at Selma Elementary School is 90% White. Other groups make up 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Selma Elementary School, 31 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 17.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 56% of enrollment. That tracks the 55% average for public schools in Delaware County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Selma Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Selma Elementary School beats its 36.1% prediction with 55.1%, a top-10% result in Indiana.
According to the American Community Survey, in Delaware County, the median household income is $58,127, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Selma Elementary School is one of 36 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Wapahani High School, about 1.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. On proficiency, Selma Elementary School is ahead of the 30.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 36 students since 2020-21, to 535. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.3:1, from 18.4:1.
The Selma Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,280
Census ACS
Median income
$58,127
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
15,683 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty-Perry Community Sch Corp
- Wapahani High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Selma Middle SchoolMiddle · 277 students
Other schools in Selma
- Wapahani High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Selma Middle SchoolMiddle · 277 students
Other Selma Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Selma Elementary. Selma Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Selma ElementarySelma, NC · 794 students
Nearby schools
- Wapahani High School1.7 mi · 349
- Selma Middle School1.7 mi · 277
- Monroe Central Elementary School4.8 mi · 680
- Inspire Academy - A Sch of Inquiry4.9 mi · 201
- Monroe Central Jr-Sr High School5.2 mi · 470
- Longfellow Elementary School5.4 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Selma Elementary SchoolHow large is Selma Elementary School?
Selma Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Selma Elementary School serve?
Selma Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Selma Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Selma Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Selma Elementary School?
Student demographics at Selma Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Selma Elementary School public or private?
Selma Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Liberty-Perry Community Sch Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.