South Ripley Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Versailles, Indiana, South Ripley Elementary School teaches 581 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by South Ripley Com Sch Corp. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Within South Ripley Com Sch Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 1,100 students, South Ripley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Ripley Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, South Ripley Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.0%; South Ripley Elementary School posts 55.0%, +16.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Ripley County reports that median household income runs about $70,573, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ripley County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students), of which South Ripley Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is South Ripley Junior High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Ripley Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. South Ripley Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 581).

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