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Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch

325 W Middlebury St., Shipshewana, IN 46565 · (260) 768-4158 · LaGrange County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
  • B-Beats 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

Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 436
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
94 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7020%
Grade 17722%
Grade 26519%
Grade 37622%
Grade 46117%

This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% larger than its 4th grade class (61).

Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
32994%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
123%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Two+
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
20258%
Female
14742%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch→Westview Elementary School→Westview Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Westview School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
47.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
68.8%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch

Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch this school34926.9%60.5%
Meadowview Elementary School
Shipshewana
33228.0%74.4%
South Terrace Elementary
Wadesville
40428.0%70.7%
Lanesville Elementary School
Lanesville
40028.5%54.6%
Central Elementary School
Lebanon
33929.8%54.7%
Roanoke Elementary School
Roanoke
40229.4%57.2%
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 Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn LaGrange County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
60.5%#156 of 983N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
68.8%#134 of 986N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.1%#288 of 986N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
349#725 of 1,079#3 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.4:1#209 of 991#5 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.0%#934 of 996#4 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
26.9%#945 of 1,058#5 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+6.7%#217 of 353N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
349
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253492613.4:127% (94)
2023-2436225.514.2:128% (103)
2022-233702614.2:123% (84)
2020-213632514.5:121% (78)
2017-1832723.713.8:130% (97)
2015-163572315.5:143% (152)
2010-113842118.3:151% (197)
2000-016363617.7:116% (104)
1990-915853118.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch.

About Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch

The public elementary school Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch is located in Shipshewana, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 349 students in kindergarten through 4.

Westview School Corporation oversees Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch and 4 other schools, with 1,931 students in total.

At Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch, 94% of students are White. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put LaGrange County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch scores 11%.

Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 2.1 students per teacher. About 27% of students at Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in LaGrange County is 13 points.

Among Indiana public elementary schools, Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.

After adjusting for student poverty, Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.5%; the prediction is 56.5%.

For the population of LaGrange County, the median household earns about $84,487 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch shares LaGrange County with 12 other public schools.

Among nearby public schools, Meadowview Elementary School is closest at about 3.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 63.4%, higher than Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch's 60.5%.

Locale data from NCES put Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 349, from 363 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.

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LaGrange County at a glance

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Population
40,805
Census ACS
Median income
$84,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,769 students

Quick facts

School name
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch
District
Westview School Corporation
Address
325 W Middlebury St., Shipshewana, IN 46565
Phone
(260) 768-4158
County
LaGrange County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
349
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
94 (27%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
181311002077
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch
How large is Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch?
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch serve?
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch.
How diverse is Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch?
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch?
Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch is overseen by Westview School Corporation in LaGrange County.
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