Western Wayne Elementary School

Set in Cambridge City, Indiana, Western Wayne Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school, part of Western Wayne Schools. It instructs 433 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Western Wayne Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 739 students; Western Wayne Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Western Wayne Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Western Wayne Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Western Wayne Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $55,692, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Wayne County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), Western Wayne Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Middle/ High School, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Western Wayne Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Western Wayne Elementary School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 433). The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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