West Noble Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Ligonier, Indiana, West Noble Elementary School caters to 473 students from grades 2 through 4, one of the schools within West Noble School Corporation.

West Noble School Corporation comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,192 students; West Noble Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, West Noble Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 42% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, On paper, West Noble Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Noble County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Noble Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Noble County reports that median household income runs about $71,723, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Noble County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,651 students), of which West Noble Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is West Noble Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Noble Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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