Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICKSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263495007062
Indian Lake Elementary School
11901 S 30TH ST, VICKSBURG, MI 49097 · (269) 321-1400 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
88 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Lake Elementary School→Vicksburg Middle School
Based on grade levels within Vicksburg Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Indian Lake Elementary School
Indian Lake Elementary School's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake Elementary School this school | 265 | 33.2% | 55.7% |
| Avoca Elementary School KENOCKEE | 243 | 33.3% | 51.6% |
| Alamo Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 287 | 29.6% | 60.8% |
| Lakeland Elementary School ELK RAPIDS | 289 | 29.8% | 56.2% |
| Bullock Creek Elementary School MIDLAND | 303 | 30.7% | N/A |
| Sycamore Elementary School DORR | 224 | 33.5% | 69.2% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Indian Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #298 of 1,085 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #468 of 1,072 | #12 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #312 of 1,139 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #1,215 of 1,630 | #33 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #212 of 1,424 | #10 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #1,213 of 1,424 | #37 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #1,174 of 1,563 | #29 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #245 of 979 | #6 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
+17 (+7%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 19.5 | 13.6:1 | 33% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 19.7 | 14.3:1 | 34% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 35% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 17 | 14.6:1 | 30% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 21.9 | 15.1:1 | 40% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 37% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 15% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 202 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (330 to 265); teachers down 11% (21.9 to 19.5).
About Indian Lake Elementary School
Indian Lake Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in VICKSBURG, Michigan. Its 265 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% smaller than the 369 average for elementary schools in Michigan.
A total of 6 schools make up Vicksburg Community Schools, with 2,560 students enrolled.
Most students at Indian Lake Elementary School are White: 92% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kalamazoo County is roughly 76% White. Indian Lake Elementary School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Indian Lake Elementary School and a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Kalamazoo County averages 45%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Indian Lake Elementary School is B+. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Indian Lake Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.7% is 4.1 points above the 51.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Kalamazoo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,532, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Indian Lake Elementary School is among the 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County.
The closest other public school is Vicksburg Middle School, about 3.3 miles away. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Indian Lake Elementary School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 248 to 265. Students per teacher fell from 14.6 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
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Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vicksburg Community Schools
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 724 students
- Vicksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Sunset Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Tobey Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Vicksburg Pathways High SchoolHigh · 126 students
Other schools in VICKSBURG
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 724 students
- Vicksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Sunset Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Vicksburg Pathways High SchoolHigh · 126 students
Other Indian Lake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Indian Lake Elementary. Indian Lake Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Indian Lake Elementary SchoolLewistown, OH · 530 students
- Indian Lake ElementaryHendersonville, TN · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Vicksburg Middle School3.3 mi · 601
- Vicksburg High School3.4 mi · 724
- Vicksburg Pathways High School3.5 mi · 126
- Sunset Lake Elementary School3.7 mi · 465
- Tobey Elementary School3.8 mi · 379
- ClimaxScotts Elementary School4.7 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian Lake Elementary School?
Indian Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
Is Indian Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Indian Lake Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Indian Lake Elementary School.
How diverse is Indian Lake Elementary School?
Indian Lake Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Lake Elementary School?
Indian Lake Elementary School is overseen by Vicksburg Community Schools in Kalamazoo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.