Southwest Elementary School

As a medium-sized primary school in Greenwood, Indiana, Southwest Elementary School works with 550 students from grades K through 5, run under Greenwood Community Sch Corp. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 26% bigger than typical.

Across the 6 schools in Greenwood Community Sch Corp (4,023 students total), Southwest Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Southwest Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Johnson County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Southwest Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +3.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $90,454 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southwest Elementary School is one of 40 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students).

Nearest neighbor: Greenwood Community High Sch, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southwest Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.5%.

Southwest Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 542 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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