The Bloomington Project School

The Bloomington Project School is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Bloomington, Indiana, run under The Bloomington Project School, teacheing 317 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so The Bloomington Project School sits 27% below that benchmark.

The Bloomington Project School sits inside The Bloomington Project School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, The Bloomington Project School reports that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), The Bloomington Project School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,868, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Monroe County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students), of which The Bloomington Project School is one.

Fairview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Bloomington Project School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. The Bloomington Project School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. The Bloomington Project School's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 279 (now 317). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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