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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180249000299
Timothy Ball Elementary School
720 W Summit St, Crown Point, IN 46307 · (219) 663-0047 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
215 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 66 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
48.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
65.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Timothy Ball Elementary School
Timothy Ball Elementary School's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Ball Elementary School this school | 638 | 33.7% | 57.2% |
| Porter Lakes Elementary School Hebron | 552 | 32.4% | 62.4% |
| Wyandotte Elementary Lafayette | 522 | 30.5% | 51.0% |
| Discovery Charter School Porter | 536 | 39.7% | 47.6% |
| Protsman Elementary School Dyer | 614 | 31.3% | 63.3% |
| Silver Creek Primary School Sellersburg | 510 | 33.1% | N/A |
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 Timothy Ball Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #194 of 983 | #18 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #173 of 986 | #15 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #281 of 986 | #19 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #132 of 1,079 | #10 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #702 of 991 | #31 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #459 of 996 | #44 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #869 of 1,058 | #51 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.3% | #66 of 353 | #7 of 26 |
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
638
+130 (+26%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 638 | 39.2 | 16.3:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 38.1 | 16.6:1 | 32% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 30.2 | 17.9:1 | 31% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 28.1 | 17.8:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 32% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 14% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 29 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timothy Ball Elementary School.
About Timothy Ball Elementary School
Timothy Ball Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Crown Point, Indiana, under Crown Point Community School Corp. It enrolls 638 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Crown Point Community School Corp counts 10 schools and 9,147 students, including Timothy Ball Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Timothy Ball Elementary School is White: 69%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Lake County residents are about 55% White. The diversity index for Timothy Ball Elementary School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Timothy Ball Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1, with 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
A school with Timothy Ball Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 51.7%. Timothy Ball Elementary School scores 57.2%, 5.5 points above that line.
Lake County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 121 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,661, Timothy Ball Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Colonel John Wheeler Middle School is about 0.9 miles from Timothy Ball Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Timothy Ball Elementary School is behind the 58.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 508 (2020-21) to 638 (2024-25).
This page collects posts and questions about Timothy Ball Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crown Point Community School Corp
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Lake Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Crown Point
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Lake Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle School0.9 mi · 1,061
- Eagle Park Community School1.2 mi · 87
- Lake Street Elementary School1.3 mi · 559
- Solon Robinson Elementary School1.7 mi · 516
- Robert Taft Middle School2.1 mi · 1,067
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School2.6 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Timothy Ball Elementary School?
Timothy Ball Elementary School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Timothy Ball Elementary School serve?
Timothy Ball Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Timothy Ball Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Timothy Ball Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Timothy Ball Elementary School?
Timothy Ball Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Timothy Ball Elementary School public or private?
Timothy Ball Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crown Point Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.