Triton Central Elementary School

Located at 4976 W 600 W, in Fairland, Indiana, Triton Central Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that teaches 516 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Northwestern Con School Corp.

Northwestern Con School Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,414 students; Triton Central Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Triton Central Elementary School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Triton Central Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Triton Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $72,190, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Triton Central Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students).

The closest other public school is Triton Central High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Triton Central Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Triton Central Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.9%.

Triton Central Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Triton Central Elementary School has contracted 15%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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