Turkey Run Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in Marshall, Indiana, Turkey Run Elementary School instructs 248 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,180 students. Turkey Run Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Turkey Run Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial. Compared to Parke County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Turkey Run Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Turkey Run Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Parke County put median household income runs about $68,485, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Turkey Run Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in Parke County (combined enrollment of about 2,182 students).

Parke Heritage Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Turkey Run Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Turkey Run Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 248). White enrollment moved from 98% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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