Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA·NCES 180684001186
Twin Branch Elementary School
3810 Lincoln Way E, Mishawaka, IN 46544 · (574) 254-3500 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
114 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within School City of Mishawaka. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
46.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Twin Branch Elementary School
Twin Branch Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Branch Elementary School this school | 300 | 38.0% | 48.5% |
| Lester B Sommer Elementary School Crawfordsville | 342 | 40.4% | 48.6% |
| Lydia Middleton Elementary School Madison | 333 | 40.5% | 46.8% |
| The Bloomington Project School Bloomington | 317 | 34.1% | 55.4% |
| Converse Elementary School Converse | 323 | 41.5% | N/A |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Crawfordsville | 287 | 37.3% | 55.5% |
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 Twin Branch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #332 of 983 | #12 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #370 of 986 | #15 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #298 of 986 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #834 of 1,079 | #37 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #408 of 991 | #18 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #572 of 996 | #35 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #816 of 1,058 | #30 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #237 of 597 | #9 of 26 |
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
300
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 300 | 20.6 | 14.6:1 | 38% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 19.6 | 15.1:1 | 59% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 19.7 | 14.8:1 | 65% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 50% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 21.4 | 16.7:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 56% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 23% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 16 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Branch Elementary School.
About Twin Branch Elementary School
A small elementary school in Mishawaka, Indiana, Twin Branch Elementary School is part of School City of Mishawaka. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 300 students. Enrollment is 31% lower than the average for elementary schools in Indiana, which is about 436.
School City of Mishawaka (11 schools, 5,051 students) runs Twin Branch Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Twin Branch Elementary School, at 79%. Smaller groups are 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Twin Branch Elementary School employs 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 38% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 46% average among public schools in St. Joseph County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Twin Branch Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 48.6% for a school in Indiana with Twin Branch Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Twin Branch Elementary School posts 48.5%.
St. Joseph County has about 273,040 residents, and the median household income is $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Twin Branch Elementary School, St. Joseph County has 72 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Fred J Hums Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Twin Branch Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 51.9% on proficiency, and Twin Branch Elementary School is below that at 48.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Twin Branch Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 310 in 2020-21 to 300 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (11.5:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Twin Branch Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Mishawaka
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Beiger Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Emmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Other schools in Mishawaka
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Fred J Hums Elementary School0.9 mi · 327
- Elsie Rogers Elementary School1.1 mi · 361
- Schmucker Middle School1.2 mi · 1,041
- Penn High School1.2 mi · 3,687
- Bittersweet Elementary School1.5 mi · 494
- Beiger Elementary School1.6 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Branch Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Twin Branch Elementary School?
Twin Branch Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Twin Branch Elementary School serve?
Twin Branch Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Twin Branch Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Twin Branch Elementary School.
How diverse is Twin Branch Elementary School?
Twin Branch Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Twin Branch Elementary School?
Twin Branch Elementary School is overseen by School City of Mishawaka in St. Joseph County.
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