Southwestern Elementary School

Set in Shelbyville, Indiana, Southwestern Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community, run under Southwestern Con Sch Shelby Co. It enrolls 405 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Within Southwestern Con Sch Shelby Co, which oversees 2 schools and 669 students, Southwestern Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Southwestern Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Southwestern Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Southwestern Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $72,190, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shelby County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students), Southwestern Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Southwestern High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southwestern Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Southwestern Elementary School's enrollment has rose 35% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 405).

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