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Rensselaer Central Primary School

Serves grades PK - 2

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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
1144 N Melville St
Rensselaer, IN 47978
Phone
(219) 866-5441
District
RENSSELAER CENTRAL SCHOOL CORP
County
JASPER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
351
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Rensselaer Central Primary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
40%
No Data
43%
No Data
38%
    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 62 17.7%
Kindergarten 99 28.2%
Grade 1 97 27.6%
Grade 2 93 26.5%
Total 351 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.4% 84.5% 68.5%
Black 0.9% 0.5% 13.9%
Hispanic 11.9% 14.2% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.5% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 37.3% 36.9% 44.1%
Free lunch eligible 34.2% 32.9% 38.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.1% 4.0% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,911 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 37.2 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,779 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.6% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.9% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.2% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.8% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.7% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.9% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 6.9% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,653 $10,631,494 44.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,039 $3,258,322 13.7%
Staff $365 $583,270 2.4%
General Administration $273 $436,254 1.8%
School Administration $641 $1,024,318 4.3%
Operation $1,508 $2,409,784 10.1%
Transportation $498 $795,804 3.3%
Other $233 $372,334 1.6%
Total Support $5,558 $8,881,684 37.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,726 $4,356,148 18.2%
Total Expenditures $14,937 $23,869,326 100.0%
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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