Whiteland Elementary School

Whiteland Elementary School operates as a compact elementary campus in Whiteland, Indiana, run under Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 370 students spanning grades K through 5.

Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 7,179 students. Whiteland Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Whiteland Elementary School reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Asian, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Johnson County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Whiteland Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.0%; Whiteland Elementary School posts 51.9%, +16.0 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $90,454, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Johnson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students), Whiteland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Whiteland Community High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whiteland Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Whiteland Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whiteland Elementary School has shrank 19%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 92% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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