South Decatur Elementary School

Set in Greensburg, Indiana, South Decatur Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, run under Decatur County Community Schools. It educates 467 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Decatur County Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,764 students; South Decatur Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, South Decatur Elementary School reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Decatur County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Decatur Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Around the school, Decatur County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,783 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Decatur County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,789 students), of which South Decatur Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is South Decatur Jr-Sr High School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Decatur Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Decatur Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 463 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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