South Adams Elementary School

Located at 1012 Starfire Way, in Berne, Indiana, South Adams Elementary School is a sizable elementary school that hosts 671 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by South Adams Schools. That puts it 54% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within South Adams Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,312 students, South Adams Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, South Adams Elementary School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Adams County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Adams Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of +6.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household earnings sit near $65,289, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Adams County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,240 students), of which South Adams Elementary School is one.

South Adams Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Adams Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Adams Elementary School has expanded 8%, going from 622 students in 2018 to 671 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for South Adams Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.