Southwestern Elementary School

Southwestern Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Hanover, Indiana, overseen by Southwestern-Jefferson Co Con, with 633 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

Southwestern Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Southwestern-Jefferson Co Con, a district that instructs 1,263 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southwestern Elementary School shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Southwestern Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Southwestern Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,577 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Jefferson County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,109 students), Southwestern Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southwestern High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southwestern Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Southwestern Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 685 (now 633). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 5% to 10% over that span.

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