Shawswick Elementary School

Shawswick Elementary School is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Bedford, Indiana, operated by North Lawrence Com Schools, instructing 507 students in grades K through 6.

Within North Lawrence Com Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 3,568 students, Shawswick Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Shawswick Elementary School records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Shawswick Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shawswick Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the surrounding community, Lawrence County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lawrence County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students), Shawswick Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bedford-North Lawrence High School, roughly 3.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shawswick Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shawswick Elementary School has increased 84%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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