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Little Turtle Elementary School

Regular School · Columbia City, IN

Little Turtle Elementary School is a regular school school in Columbia City, Indiana, serving grades KG–05 with 583 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 05
Enrollment
583
Teachers (FTE)
36.2
Student–Teacher Ratio
16.1:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 518 89%
Two or more races 35 6%
Hispanic/Latino 19 3%
Black or African American 7 1%
Asian 4 1%
Total enrollment 583 282M / 301F

English Language Learners: 5 (1% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 39.0% +2pp 37.0% 267
Reading Proficiency 31.0% -11.2pp 42.2% 268
Science Proficiency 30-34% 81

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
+0.29 grade levels
Math
+0.06 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
16 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
3
0.5% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
39
6.7% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 583 100%

Contact & Location

1710 S State Rd 9

Columbia City, IN 46725

Phone: (260)244-3343

District

Whitley County Con Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $13,953

District enrollment: 3,617

NCES ID

180228002135

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD