Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180393000661
West Goshen Elementary School
215 Dewey Ave, Goshen, IN 46526 · (574) 533-7855 · Elkhart County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
244 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (70).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
West Goshen Elementary School→Goshen Intermediate School→Goshen Junior High School→Goshen High School
Based on grade levels within Goshen Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
45.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Goshen Elementary School
West Goshen Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Goshen Elementary School this school | 387 | 63.0% | 36.1% |
| Waterford Elementary School Goshen | 400 | 61.3% | 44.4% |
| West Noble Elementary School Ligonier | 473 | 62.4% | 30.4% |
| Model Elementary School Goshen | 474 | 65.2% | 36.7% |
| West Noble Primary School Ligonier | 350 | 59.7% | N/A |
| Monger Elementary School Elkhart | 394 | 67.0% | 38.6% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Goshen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #605 of 983 | #21 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #508 of 986 | #20 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #627 of 986 | #21 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #635 of 1,079 | #25 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #714 of 991 | #24 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #387 of 996 | #21 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #294 of 1,058 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #178 of 353 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
387
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
+176% since 1990-91, when it was 140
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 387 | 23.7 | 16.4:1 | 63% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 23.7 | 16.3:1 | 64% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 21.1 | 11.7:1 | 83% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 62% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 19.8 | 17.8:1 | 76% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 63% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 81% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 52% (274) |
| 1990-91 | 140 | 9 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Goshen Elementary School.
About West Goshen Elementary School
Among the schools in Goshen, Indiana, is West Goshen Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 387 students.
The Goshen Community Schools system has 10 schools and 6,242 students.
About 62% of the student body at West Goshen Elementary School is Hispanic. Other students are 27% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Elkhart County residents are about 20% Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at West Goshen Elementary School are from different groups.
West Goshen Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1, with 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at West Goshen Elementary School. Across public schools in Elkhart County, the average is 51%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, West Goshen Elementary School outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.9% at West Goshen Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.1%.
Census data for Elkhart County show median household income comes to about $68,561, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,574, West Goshen Elementary School among them.
Model Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. West Goshen Elementary School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
An 8% rise took enrollment from 358 in 2020-21 to 387 in 2024-25.
West Goshen Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goshen Community Schools
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
Other schools in Goshen
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Fairfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Model Elementary School0.9 mi · 474
- Goshen Junior High School1.0 mi · 927
- Chamberlain Elementary School1.0 mi · 342
- Chandler Innovation Academy1.1 mi · 357
- Goshen Intermediate School1.2 mi · 889
- Goshen High School1.4 mi · 1,717
Frequently asked questions
About West Goshen Elementary SchoolHow large is West Goshen Elementary School?
West Goshen Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does West Goshen Elementary School serve?
West Goshen Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at West Goshen Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at West Goshen Elementary School.
How diverse is West Goshen Elementary School?
West Goshen Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is West Goshen Elementary School public or private?
West Goshen Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Goshen Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.