South Elementary School of Communications

Located at 500 Artesian Ave, in Martinsville, Indiana, South Elementary School of Communications is a tight-knit primary school that caters to 302 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by MSD Martinsville Schools. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

MSD Martinsville Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,998 students; South Elementary School of Communications is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Elementary School of Communications lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Morgan County as a whole.

On the resource side, South Elementary School of Communications lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting South Elementary School of Communications tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Morgan County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Elementary School of Communications performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Morgan County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,429 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. South Elementary School of Communications is one of 22 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 10,142 students).

The closest other public school is Poston Road Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Elementary School of Communications comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

South Elementary School of Communications operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Elementary School of Communications has increased 12%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025.

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