William F Loper Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Shelbyville, Indiana, William F Loper Elementary School hosts 619 students from grades K through 5, run under Shelbyville Central Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

William F Loper Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Shelbyville Central Schools, a district that teaches 3,912 students overall.

Looking at the student body, William F Loper Elementary School shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William F Loper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household earnings sit near $72,190, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. William F Loper Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students).

Golden Bear Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William F Loper Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.2%.

William F Loper Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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