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What's the most underrated thing about Success Academy Primary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUCCESS ACADEMY PRIMARY SCHOOL·NCES 180016102583
Success Academy Primary School
3408 Ardmore Trail, South Bend, IN 46628 · (574) 299-9800 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.9:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
461 students
STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
15.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Success Academy Primary School
Success Academy Primary School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Success Academy Primary School this school | 610 | 75.6% | 18.2% |
| Franklin Square Elementary School Jeffersonville | 524 | 76.3% | 19.5% |
| Glenwood Leadership Academy Evansville | 436 | 75.2% | 8.4% |
| Monroe Elementary School South Bend | 519 | 67.8% | 9.3% |
| Caze Elementary School Evansville | 510 | 66.9% | 13.7% |
| Paramount School of Excellence South Bend South Bend | 476 | 75.4% | 20.2% |
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 Success Academy Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #863 of 983 | #28 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #914 of 986 | #30 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #874 of 986 | #31 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #172 of 1,079 | #2 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #877 of 991 | #32 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #89 of 996 | #11 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #77 of 1,058 | #2 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #458 of 597 | #20 of 26 |
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
610
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 610 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 76% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 48 | 11.9:1 | 67% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 78% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 74% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 38.2 | 16.9:1 | 73% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 73% (322) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Success Academy Primary School.
About Success Academy Primary School
Success Academy Primary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in South Bend, Indiana. The school counts 610 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 40% above the 436 average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Federal records list Success Academy Primary School as its own district.
Black students form the largest group at Success Academy Primary School, 45% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White, 15% multiracial, and 15% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Joseph County residents are about 13% Black. By the diversity index, Success Academy Primary School comes in at 69%.
A ratio of 17.9:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 76% in 2024-25. Across public schools in St. Joseph County, the average is 46%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Success Academy Primary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Success Academy Primary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 18.2% actual against 22.1% predicted.
In the county around the school, St. Joseph County, median household income is about $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Success Academy Primary School is among the 73 public schools in St. Joseph County.
Coquillard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Success Academy Primary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 610, starting from 611.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Success Academy Primary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
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- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
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- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Coquillard Elementary School0.4 mi · 305
- Excel Center - South Bend0.6 mi · 296
- Kennedy Academy0.7 mi · 443
- LaSalle Academy0.7 mi · 461
- Dickinson Academy0.8 mi · 309
- Lafayette Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Success Academy Primary SchoolHow many students attend Success Academy Primary School?
Success Academy Primary School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Success Academy Primary School serve?
Success Academy Primary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Success Academy Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Success Academy Primary School is approximately 17.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Success Academy Primary School?
Student demographics at Success Academy Primary School are roughly 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Success Academy Primary School?
Success Academy Primary School is overseen by Success Academy Primary School in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.