Trailside Elementary School

Trailside Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school in Zionsville, Indiana, one of the schools within Zionsville Community Schools. The school caters to 547 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Trailside Elementary School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Zionsville Community Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,971 students; Trailside Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Trailside Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest consists of 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Trailside Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Boone County's rate of about 22%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Trailside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 72.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Boone County shows median household earnings sit near $111,250, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boone County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,246 students), Trailside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Zionsville Pleasant View Elem Sch, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trailside Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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