Switzerland Co Elementary School

Switzerland Co Elementary School is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in East Enterprise, Indiana, part of Switzerland County School Corp, serveing 323 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 436.

Switzerland County School Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,422 students. Switzerland Co Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Switzerland Co Elementary School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Switzerland Co Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Switzerland Co Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Switzerland Co Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 39.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Switzerland County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,343, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Switzerland County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,422 students), of which Switzerland Co Elementary School is one.

Gallatin County Upper Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Switzerland Co Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.