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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Slate Run Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ALBANY-FLOYD CO CON SCH·NCES 180741001281
Slate Run Elementary School
1452 Slate Run Rd, New Albany, IN 47150 · (812) 949-4311 · Floyd County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+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.
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
15.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
201 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
54%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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
61.5%
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 61 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Slate Run Elementary School
Slate Run Elementary School's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Run Elementary School this school | 405 | 49.6% | 54.0% |
| Wallace Elementary School Kokomo | 360 | 51.1% | 45.9% |
| Waverly Elementary School Martinsville | 404 | 49.0% | 49.1% |
| Brentwood Elementary School Plainfield | 420 | 52.1% | 54.6% |
| Charles Elementary School Richmond | 359 | 49.6% | 62.6% |
| Boulevard Elementary School Kokomo | 340 | 53.2% | 36.9% |
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 Slate Run Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Floyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #247 of 983 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #229 of 986 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #268 of 986 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #589 of 1,079 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #475 of 991 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #374 of 996 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #607 of 1,058 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.9% | #42 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
405
+55 (+16%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 405 | 27.1 | 15.0:1 | 50% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 26.1 | 15.5:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 25.1 | 14.3:1 | 65% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | 65% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 16.2 | 18.4:1 | 69% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 71% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | 71% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 23% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 13 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Slate Run Elementary School.
About Slate Run Elementary School
Slate Run Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in New Albany, Indiana. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 405 students.
A total of 15 schools make up New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch, with 11,362 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Slate Run Elementary School is 64%, a majority. Other students are 16% multiracial, 12% Black, and 7% Hispanic. That is lower than the 86% White share among all Floyd County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
For every teacher at Slate Run Elementary School, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 50%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Floyd County, the school's rate is higher.
Slate Run Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Slate Run Elementary School would be expected to post about 40.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.0%.
The school is in Floyd County, where median household income comes to about $79,704, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Floyd County's 17 public schools enroll about 11,849 students and include Slate Run Elementary School.
Slate Run Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Fairmont Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Slate Run Elementary School's average proficiency of 54.0% compares with 32.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 16%, from 350 to 405. By 2024-25, the school had 15.0 students per teacher, compared with 19.4 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Slate Run Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Fairmont Elementary School0.7 mi · 334
- Hazelwood Middle School1.1 mi · 798
- New Albany Senior High School1.4 mi · 1,821
- Mount Tabor Elementary School1.4 mi · 655
- Parkwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 561
- S Ellen Jones Elementary School1.8 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Slate Run Elementary SchoolHow large is Slate Run Elementary School?
Slate Run Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Slate Run Elementary School serve?
Slate Run Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Slate Run Elementary School have?
Slate Run Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Slate Run Elementary School?
Student demographics at Slate Run Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Slate Run Elementary School public or private?
Slate Run Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.