Springfield Elementary School

Located at 3054 W 800 N, in Michigan City, Indiana, Springfield Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus that enrolls 312 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Michigan City Area Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Springfield Elementary School sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Michigan City Area Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,030 students. Springfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Springfield Elementary School shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Springfield Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 64% of students at Springfield Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, LaPorte County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Springfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 24.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (LaPorte County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,055, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, LaPorte County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), of which Springfield Elementary School is one.

Renaissance Academy Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Springfield Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Springfield Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield Elementary School has fell 13%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.