Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 180657001161
Springfield Elementary School
3054 W 800 N, Michigan City, IN 46360 · (219) 873-2117 · LaPorte County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
199 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
26.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Springfield Elementary School
Springfield Elementary School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Elementary School this school | 312 | 63.8% | 24.9% |
| Green Valley Elementary School New Albany | 404 | 63.6% | 39.6% |
| Meadow's Edge Elementary School Mishawaka | 382 | 63.4% | 40.6% |
| S Ellen Jones Elementary School New Albany | 243 | 59.7% | 20.0% |
| Harper Elementary School Evansville | 344 | 57.6% | 38.5% |
| Westview Elementary School Richmond | 258 | 61.6% | 29.5% |
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 Springfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In LaPorte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #784 of 983 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #732 of 986 | #20 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #744 of 986 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #805 of 1,079 | #12 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #649 of 991 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #315 of 996 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #276 of 1,058 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #283 of 597 | #11 of 15 |
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
312
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 6.2:1
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 | 312 | 19.6 | 15.9:1 | 64% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 68% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 21.5 | 16.1:1 | 78% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 53 | 6.2:1 | 85% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 74% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 77% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 16 | 23.3:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 46% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 18 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springfield Elementary School.
About Springfield Elementary School
Springfield Elementary School is a small elementary school in Michigan City, Indiana. There are 312 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
Michigan City Area Schools is made up of 13 schools with 5,030 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Springfield Elementary School, about 59 are White. The school is also 22% Black, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 78%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Springfield Elementary School scores 58%.
Springfield Elementary School has 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 64%. Public schools in LaPorte County average 50%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Springfield Elementary School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.4% for Springfield Elementary School. The school posts 24.9%, 5.6 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for LaPorte County show that the median household earns about $71,055 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across LaPorte County, 38 public schools serve about 15,515 students.
Renaissance Academy Charter School is about 2.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Springfield Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, Springfield Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Springfield Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 6.2:1 to 15.9:1.
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LaPorte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,917
Census ACS
Median income
$71,055
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Michigan City Area Schools
- Michigan City High SchoolHigh · 1,506 students
- Joy Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Barker Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Other schools in Michigan City
- Michigan City High SchoolHigh · 1,506 students
- Joy Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Barker Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Other Springfield Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Springfield Elementary. Springfield Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 15.
- Springfield Elementary SchoolSpringfield, GA · 876 students
- Springfield ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 798 students
- Springfield ElementaryCharleston, SC · 679 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolSpringfield, LA · 569 students
- SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGFIELD, NE · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Renaissance Academy Charter School2.4 mi · 244
- New Buffalo Elementary School4.3 mi · 211
- Martin T Krueger Middle School4.7 mi · 324
- New Buffalo Middle School5.4 mi · 133
- New Buffalo Senior High School5.4 mi · 172
- F Willard Crichfield Elementary5.6 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Springfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Springfield Elementary School?
Springfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-06.
Is Springfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Springfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Springfield Elementary School have?
Springfield Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Springfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Springfield Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 9% Hispanic, 22% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is Springfield Elementary School in?
Springfield Elementary School is part of Michigan City Area Schools.
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