Wheatfield Elementary School

Wheatfield Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Wheatfield, Indiana, part of Kankakee Valley School Corp, with 324 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Kankakee Valley School Corp comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,093 students; Wheatfield Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Wheatfield Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic. Compared to Jasper County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wheatfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jasper County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,314, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Jasper County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,807 students), Wheatfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kankakee Valley High School, around 3.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wheatfield Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wheatfield Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.8%.

Wheatfield Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Wheatfield Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 324). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.