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What's the biggest difference between Southwood Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WABASH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 181218001947
Southwood Elementary School
840 E SR 124, Wabash, IN 46992 · (260) 563-8050 · Wabash County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
226 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
58.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-40 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 19.1:1
% White
90%
was 95%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Southwood Elementary School
Southwood Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Wabash, Indiana, part of MSD Wabash County Schools, works with 458 students in grades pre-K through 5.
MSD Wabash County Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,256 students; Southwood Elementary School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Southwood Elementary School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Southwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +11.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Wabash County shows median household earnings sit near $66,806, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wabash County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), of which Southwood Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Southwood Jr-Sr High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Southwood Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southwood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.8%.
Southwood Elementary School operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Southwood Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wabash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,844
Census ACS
Median income
$66,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Wabash County Schools
- Southwood Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Northfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 429 students
- White's Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 369 students
- Metro North Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Sharp Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Wabash/Miami Area Prog ExcptCombined
Other schools in Wabash
- Wabash High SchoolHigh · 469 students
- Southwood Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Wabash Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
- Northfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 429 students
- O J Neighbours Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- White's Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Southwood Jr-Sr High School0.4 mi · 445
- White's Jr-Sr High School0.6 mi · 369
- Wabash High School5.4 mi · 469
- Wabash Middle School5.4 mi · 433
- O J Neighbours Elementary School5.8 mi · 385
- LH Carpenter Early Learning Center5.8 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southwood Elementary School?
Southwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Southwood Elementary School serve?
Southwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Southwood Elementary School have?
Southwood Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Southwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southwood Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Southwood Elementary School public or private?
Southwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Wabash County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.