West Crawford Elementary School

As a micro-enrollment elementary school in Eckerty, Indiana, West Crawford Elementary School serves 170 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Crawford County Community Sch Corp. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 436.

Within Crawford County Community Sch Corp, which oversees 6 schools and 1,235 students, West Crawford Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Crawford Elementary School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial. Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Crawford Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 36.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Crawford County) records that median household income runs about $49,640, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crawford County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,235 students), West Crawford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pine Ridge Elementary School, roughly 10.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, West Crawford Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 170 in 2025.

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