South Whitley Elementary School

South Whitley Elementary School is a compact elementary campus in South Whitley, Indiana, operated by Whitko Community School Corp. The school educates 300 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Whitko Community School Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,103 students. South Whitley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, South Whitley Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting South Whitley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at South Whitley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Whitley County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, South Whitley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Whitley County put median household income runs about $78,083, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Whitley County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,594 students), South Whitley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Whitko Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, South Whitley Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

South Whitley Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. South Whitley Elementary School's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 300). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 96% to 92%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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