Washington Upper Elementary

Washington Upper Elementary is one of the modestly sized middle schools in Washington, Indiana, run under Washington Community Schools, with 350 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 594.

Within Washington Community Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,639 students, Washington Upper Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Washington Upper Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Daviess County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Daviess County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Upper Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Daviess County shows median household income runs about $68,503, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Upper Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Daviess County (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students).

The closest other public school is Washington High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington Upper Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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