Sunman Elementary School

Sunman Elementary School, a cozy elementary campus in Sunman, Indiana, one of the schools within Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp, teaches 327 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Sunman Elementary School sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,682 students. Sunman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sunman Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Sunman Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Ripley County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, Sunman Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ripley County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,573 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ripley County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students), Sunman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Central Middle School, roughly 7.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunman Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.