Utica Elementary School

Utica Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Jeffersonville, Indiana, part of Greater Clark County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 608 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Utica Elementary School is one of 17 schools operated by Greater Clark County Schools, a district that hosts 10,643 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Utica Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Utica Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Utica Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 57.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clark County put the typical household earns roughly $74,214 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Clark County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), Utica Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Utica Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Utica Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 77% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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