Sharp Creek Elementary School

Sharp Creek Elementary School is one of the small elementary schools in Wabash, Indiana, part of MSD Wabash County Schools, with 270 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Within MSD Wabash County Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,256 students, Sharp Creek Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Sharp Creek Elementary School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Wabash County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sharp Creek Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at Sharp Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sharp Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +0.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wabash County put median household income runs about $66,806, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Wabash County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), Sharp Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northfield Jr-Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sharp Creek Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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