V O Isom Central Elem School

Located at 50 E Broadway, in Greenwood, Indiana, V O Isom Central Elem School is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 381 students (grades K through 5), part of Greenwood Community Sch Corp.

Across the 6 schools in Greenwood Community Sch Corp (4,023 students total), V O Isom Central Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, V O Isom Central Elem School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, V O Isom Central Elem School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, V O Isom Central Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 25.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Johnson County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,454 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students), V O Isom Central Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Greenwood Northeast Elementary Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around V O Isom Central Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), V O Isom Central Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 66%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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