Enrollment
141
Elementary
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-TOWNSHIP CONS SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180010702520
Tri-Township Elementary School
309 School Dr, Wanatah, IN 46390 · (219) 733-2815 · LaPorte County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
68 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
46.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Tri-Township Elementary School
Tri-Township Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Township Elementary School this school | 141 | 48.2% | 40.9% |
| Lake Village Elementary School Lake Village | 158 | 48.7% | 39.0% |
| Manchester Elementary School Aurora | 145 | 45.5% | 38.5% |
| Centerton Elementary School Martinsville | 126 | 52.4% | 75.3% |
| Deerfield Elementary School Ridgeville | 158 | 44.9% | 48.7% |
| Eminence Elementary School Eminence | 111 | 46.8% | 38.6% |
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 Tri-Township Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In LaPorte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #494 of 983 | #10 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #488 of 986 | #10 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #451 of 986 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #1,044 of 1,079 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #645 of 1,058 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.7% | #17 of 597 | #1 of 15 |
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
141
-94 (-40%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 141 | 10.5 | 13.4:1 | 48% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 134 | 14 | 9.6:1 | 48% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 15 | 12.2:1 | 47% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 41% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 17.5 | 14.6:1 | 44% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 42% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-Township Elementary School.
About Tri-Township Elementary School
Tri-Township Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Tri-Township Cons School Corp in Wanatah, Indiana. A federal count lists 141 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Indiana) has about 436 students.
Tri-Township Cons School Corp has 2 schools and 284 students, and Tri-Township Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 90% of the student body at Tri-Township Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in LaPorte County, the White share is about 78%. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 10.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in LaPorte County average 50%.
Tri-Township Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Tri-Township Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.9%; the prediction is 41.4%.
LaPorte County census figures show that the median household income is $71,055, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. LaPorte County is home to 38 public schools and about 15,515 public school students.
The nearest other public school, South Central Jr-Sr High School, is about 4.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Tri-Township Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Tri-Township Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Tri-Township Elementary School's enrollment declined from 235 in 2020-21 to 141 in 2024-25.
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LaPorte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,917
Census ACS
Median income
$71,055
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri-Township Cons School Corp
- Tri-Township Jr.-Sr. High SchoolHigh · 143 students
- Tri-Online Virtual SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- South Central Jr-Sr High School4.8 mi · 463
- South Central Elementary School4.8 mi · 523
- Washington Twp Elementary School6.5 mi · 339
- Washington Twp Middle/High School6.6 mi · 456
- Morgan Township Middle/High School7.3 mi · 440
- Morgan Township Elementary School7.3 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-Township Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tri-Township Elementary School?
Tri-Township Elementary School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Tri-Township Elementary School serve?
Tri-Township Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Tri-Township Elementary School have?
Tri-Township Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Tri-Township Elementary School?
Tri-Township Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Tri-Township Elementary School public or private?
Tri-Township Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tri-Township Cons School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.