South Terrace Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Wadesville, Indiana, South Terrace Elementary caters to 404 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by MSD North Posey Co Schools.

South Terrace Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by MSD North Posey Co Schools, a district that teaches 1,455 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Terrace Elementary reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. Compared to Posey County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting South Terrace Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, South Terrace Elementary 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 55.8%; South Terrace Elementary posts 70.7%, +14.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Posey County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,129 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. South Terrace Elementary is one of 9 public schools in Posey County (combined enrollment of about 3,454 students).

The closest other public school is North Posey High School, roughly 5.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Terrace Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. South Terrace Elementary's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 404). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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