Yorktown Elementary School

Yorktown Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Yorktown, Indiana, part of Yorktown Community Schools, with 649 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 436.

Across the 4 schools in Yorktown Community Schools (2,793 students total), Yorktown Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Yorktown Elementary School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Yorktown Elementary School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Yorktown Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Delaware County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,127, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Yorktown Elementary School is one of 36 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students).

Yorktown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Yorktown Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yorktown Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Yorktown Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yorktown Elementary School has climbed 10%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 649 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.