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What tradition at Templeton Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180063000135
Templeton Elementary School
1400 S Brenda Ln, Bloomington, IN 47401 · (812) 330-7735 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
266 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
30.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
29.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Templeton Elementary School
Templeton Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Elementary School this school | 412 | 64.6% | 30.6% |
| Meadow's Edge Elementary School Mishawaka | 382 | 63.4% | 40.6% |
| Fairview Elementary School Bloomington | 414 | 68.1% | 37.9% |
| New Haven Primary School New Haven | 475 | 62.5% | N/A |
| Knapp Elementary School Michigan City | 407 | 66.1% | 39.6% |
| Taylor Elementary School Kokomo | 494 | 63.8% | 24.1% |
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 Templeton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #703 of 983 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #758 of 986 | #12 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #675 of 986 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #577 of 1,079 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #75 of 991 | #7 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #302 of 996 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #259 of 1,058 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #185 of 597 | #3 of 12 |
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
412
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 412 | 34.7 | 11.9:1 | 65% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 35.4 | 11.5:1 | 64% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 34.8 | 11.7:1 | 68% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 38 | 10.5:1 | 59% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 57% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 63% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 66% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 50% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 15 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Templeton Elementary School.
About Templeton Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Bloomington, Indiana, Templeton Elementary School is part of Monroe County Community Sch Corp. The school has 412 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6.
The 23 schools of Monroe County Community Sch Corp, including Templeton Elementary School, enroll 10,480 students.
The share of White students at Templeton Elementary School is 60%, a majority. The remaining students are 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Monroe County is about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Templeton Elementary School has 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.9:1. The school's 11.9:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. The rate at public schools in Monroe County averages 39%, lower than here.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Templeton Elementary School, the prediction is 29.9% and the result is 30.6%.
Looking at the county, Monroe County, the median household earns about $65,868 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Templeton Elementary School, Monroe County has 33 public schools.
Early Learning Center is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Templeton Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 58.4% on proficiency, and Templeton Elementary School is below that at 30.6%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% increase, from 400 to 412. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.5:1 to 11.9:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,965
Census ACS
Median income
$65,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- Tri-North Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- University Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Edgewood Primary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Edgewood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
Other Templeton Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Templeton Elementary. Templeton Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Templeton ElementaryLandover, MD · 646 students
- Templeton Elementary SchoolTempleton, MA · 581 students
- Templeton ElementaryTempleton, CA · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 27
- Bloomington High School South0.6 mi · 1,691
- The Bloomington Project School0.9 mi · 317
- Bloomington Graduation School1.1 mi · 99
- Rogers Elementary School1.2 mi · 288
- Binford Elementary School1.3 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Templeton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Templeton Elementary School?
Templeton Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Templeton Elementary School serve?
Templeton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Templeton Elementary School have?
Templeton Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Templeton Elementary School?
At Templeton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Templeton Elementary School public or private?
Templeton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Monroe County Community Sch Corp.
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