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What's the biggest difference between Southwest Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180411000712
Southwest Elementary School
619 W Smith Valley, Greenwood, IN 46142 · (317) 889-4090 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
274 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Greenwood Community Sch Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
47.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southwest Elementary School
Southwest Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Elementary School this school | 550 | 49.8% | 43.8% |
| Dixie Bee Elementary School Terre Haute | 564 | 45.2% | 52.5% |
| Thompson Crossing Elementary Sch Indianapolis | 568 | 54.9% | 44.4% |
| New Bethel Elementary School Indianapolis | 439 | 47.4% | N/A |
| Summit Elementary School Bloomington | 617 | 50.7% | 36.2% |
| Saint Joseph Central School Fort Wayne | 434 | 45.4% | 39.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #439 of 983 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #460 of 986 | #18 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #423 of 986 | #18 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #263 of 1,079 | #10 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #741 of 991 | #12 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #331 of 996 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #602 of 1,058 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #316 of 353 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
550
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 550 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 50% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 59% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 32.5 | 16.7:1 | 54% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 48% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 45% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 45% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 39% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 22% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Elementary School.
About Southwest Elementary School
Southwest Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Greenwood, Indiana. Federal data show 550 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
Greenwood Community Sch Corp oversees Southwest Elementary School and 5 other schools, with 4,023 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Southwest Elementary School is White: 63%. Next come 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 8% Black. The county population is about 85% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southwest Elementary School scores 57%.
Southwest Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.7 students per teacher, from 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Southwest Elementary School, 50% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Johnson County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Southwest Elementary School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Southwest Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.8% is 3.5 points above the 40.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Johnson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,454, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Johnson County's 40 public schools enroll about 28,824 students and include Southwest Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Southwest Elementary School is closest to Greenwood Community High Sch, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Southwest Elementary School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Southwest Elementary School enrolled 534 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 550. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.8:1 to 16.7:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Southwest Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenwood Community Sch Corp
- Greenwood Community High SchHigh · 1,229 students
- Greenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 964 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Greenwood Northeast Elementary SchElementary · 389 students
- V O Isom Central Elem SchoolElementary · 381 students
Other schools in Greenwood
- Center Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,956 students
- Clark Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,690 students
- Center Grove Middle School CentralMiddle · 1,278 students
- Greenwood Community High SchHigh · 1,229 students
- Center Grove Middle School NorthMiddle · 1,080 students
- Greenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 964 students
Other Southwest Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 14 states are named Southwest Elementary. Southwest Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 22.
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 975 students
- Southwest ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 808 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 769 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 728 students
- Southwest ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood Community High Sch0.2 mi · 1,229
- Greenwood Middle School0.7 mi · 964
- Westwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 510
- V O Isom Central Elem School1.0 mi · 381
- Greenwood Northeast Elementary Sch1.9 mi · 389
- Pleasant Crossing Elementary2.1 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest Elementary SchoolHow large is Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Southwest Elementary School serve?
Southwest Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Southwest Elementary School have?
Southwest Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School reports a student body of 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School is overseen by Greenwood Community Sch Corp in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.