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Blue River Valley Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
4713 N Viking Trail
New Castle, IN 47362
Phone
(765) 836-4851
District
BLUE RIVER VALLEY SCHOOLS
County
HENRY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
325
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.9% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Blue River Valley Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
45%
24%
39%
45%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
43%
15%
40%
24%
47%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
40%
42%
40%
30%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
36%
31%
38%
37%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 45 13.8%
Kindergarten 41 12.6%
Grade 1 37 11.4%
Grade 2 38 11.7%
Grade 3 32 9.8%
Grade 4 43 13.2%
Grade 5 44 13.5%
Grade 6 45 13.8%
Total 325 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.1% 97.3% 68.5%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 13.9%
Hispanic 1.9% 1.8% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.8% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 54.8% 46.2% 44.1%
Free lunch eligible 46.2% 40.1% 38.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.6% 6.1% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,948 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 112.1 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.0% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 9.8% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.8% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.2% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 21.2% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,881 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.9% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.6% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.0% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.8% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.2% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.3% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.8% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 3.6% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,333 $3,493,115 42.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $618 $404,790 5.0%
Staff $452 $296,060 3.6%
General Administration $337 $220,735 2.7%
School Administration $795 $520,725 6.4%
Operation $913 $598,015 7.4%
Transportation $678 $444,090 5.5%
Other $368 $241,040 3.0%
Total Support $4,162 $2,726,110 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,927 $1,917,185 23.6%
Total Expenditures $12,421 $8,135,755 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,123 $6,347,040,080 45.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $591 $612,609,704 4.4%
Staff $485 $502,506,672 3.6%
General Administration $212 $220,137,486 1.6%
School Administration $723 $749,401,736 5.4%
Operation $1,201 $1,245,441,314 9.0%
Transportation $625 $648,238,953 4.7%
Other $362 $374,825,865 2.7%
Total Support $4,199 $4,353,144,682 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,087 $3,200,552,293 23.0%
Total Expenditures $13,410 $13,900,756,372 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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