William Tell Elementary School

Set in Tell City, Indiana, William Tell Elementary School is an expansive elementary-level community, run under Tell City-Troy Twp School Corp. It enrolls 734 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Tell City-Troy Twp School Corp, which oversees 2 schools and 1,351 students, William Tell Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, William Tell Elementary School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, William Tell Elementary School reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Perry County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Tell Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +9.6 points.

Across the wider county, Perry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,151 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Perry County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,842 students), William Tell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Tell City Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, William Tell Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Tell Elementary School has ticked down 5%, going from 769 students in 2018 to 734 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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