William W Borden Elementary School

As a tight-knit K-5 school in Borden, Indiana, William W Borden Elementary School instructs 333 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Borden-Henryville School Corporation. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Borden-Henryville School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,733 students. William W Borden Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, William W Borden Elementary School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting William W Borden Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William W Borden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +7.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household income runs about $74,214, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. William W Borden Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students).

William W Borden High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William W Borden Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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