Twin Branch Elementary School

As a compact primary school in Mishawaka, Indiana, Twin Branch Elementary School instructs 300 students from grades K through 6, operated by School City of Mishawaka. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Twin Branch Elementary School sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in School City of Mishawaka (5,051 students total), Twin Branch Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Twin Branch Elementary School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Twin Branch Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Twin Branch Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at Twin Branch Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Joseph County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Twin Branch Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Joseph County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Joseph County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), of which Twin Branch Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fred J Hums Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twin Branch Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Twin Branch Elementary School has fell 16%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 73% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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