Summit Elementary School

Summit Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school in Bloomington, Indiana, run under Monroe County Community Sch Corp. The school instructs 617 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 42% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 23 schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp (10,480 students total), Summit Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Summit Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summit Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household income runs about $65,868, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Summit Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bloomington Graduation School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Summit Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Summit Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Elementary School has increased 12%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 617 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 71% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Summit Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.