Willard Elementary School

Located at 615 W South St, in Winchester, Indiana, Willard Elementary School is a cozy primary school that works with 232 students (grades 3 through 5), overseen by Randolph Central School Corp. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 5 schools in Randolph Central School Corp (1,408 students total), Willard Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Willard Elementary School lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Willard Elementary School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Willard Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Willard Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Randolph County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,791 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Randolph County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,772 students), of which Willard Elementary School is one.

O R Baker Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Willard Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 92% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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