Wakarusa Elementary School

Wakarusa Elementary School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Wakarusa, Indiana, overseen by Wa-Nee Community Schools, with 534 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% larger than the state mean of about 436.

Wa-Nee Community Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,848 students. Wakarusa Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wakarusa Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wakarusa Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Wakarusa Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Elkhart County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wakarusa Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 63.8%, a residual of +11.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Wakarusa Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

The closest other public school is North Wood Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wakarusa Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.0%.

Wakarusa Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wakarusa Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 516 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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