Washington Discovery Academy

Set in Plymouth, Indiana, Washington Discovery Academy is a modestly sized elementary school, overseen by Plymouth Community School Corp. It enrolls 257 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Plymouth Community School Corp, which oversees 7 schools and 3,168 students, Washington Discovery Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Washington Discovery Academy reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 37% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Washington Discovery Academy has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Washington Discovery Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Discovery Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marshall County put median household income runs about $71,808, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Washington Discovery Academy is one of 16 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students).

Menominee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Washington Discovery Academy. On composite proficiency, Washington Discovery Academy comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 257 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 32% to 61%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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