Tri-Township Elementary School

Tri-Township Elementary School is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in Wanatah, Indiana, operated by Tri-Township Cons School Corp, with 141 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 436.

Tri-Township Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Tri-Township Cons School Corp, a district that serves 284 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tri-Township Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tri-Township Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Tri-Township Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Around the school, LaPorte County reports that median household income runs about $71,055, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across LaPorte County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), Tri-Township Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

South Central Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tri-Township Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tri-Township Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tri-Township Elementary School has decreased 45%, going from 255 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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