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Van Buren Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4045 State Road 135 South
Nashville, IN 47448
Phone
(812) 988-6658
District
Brown County School Corporation
County
BROWN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
245
Classroom Teachers
16

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.7% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Van Buren Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
45%
41%
39%
53%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
49%
43%
45%
39%
52%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
49%
39%
51%
39%
47%
40%
    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 33 13.5%
Kindergarten 39 15.9%
Grade 1 21 8.6%
Grade 2 24 9.8%
Grade 3 40 16.3%
Grade 4 42 17.1%
Grade 5 46 18.8%
Total 245 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.3% 97.0% 67.7%
Black 0.0% 0.5% 14.1%
Hispanic 1.3% 1.9% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.9% 49.6% 50.9%
Free lunch eligible 40.4% 44.6% 46.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.4% 5.0% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,513 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 49.7 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.4% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.3% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.8% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 25.4% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,580 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.9% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.5% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.2% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.0% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.3% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 6.8% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,348 $10,493,000 38.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $696 $1,150,000 4.2%
Staff $154 $254,000 0.9%
General Administration $595 $984,000 3.6%
School Administration $1,031 $1,704,000 6.3%
Operation $2,086 $3,448,000 12.7%
Transportation $1,640 $2,711,000 10.0%
Other $588 $972,000 3.6%
Total Support $6,789 $11,223,000 41.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,316 $5,482,000 20.2%
Total Expenditures $16,454 $27,198,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,644 $5,847,671,000 44.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $594,242,000 4.5%
Staff $515 $533,647,000 4.0%
General Administration $209 $216,618,000 1.6%
School Administration $667 $690,724,000 5.2%
Operation $1,217 $1,261,217,000 9.5%
Transportation $551 $570,491,000 4.3%
Other $366 $379,113,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,098 $4,246,052,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $3,126,987,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $12,760 $13,220,710,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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