Elementary · Indiana

Van Rensselaer Elementary School

Free meals for all

Van Rensselaer Elementary School, a public elementary school in Rensselaer, Indiana: grades 3–5, 329 students, 16.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rensselaer Central School Corp.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 329
Teachers (FTE): 20.5
Students per teacher: 16.0
Grades: 3–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in Indiana

Median 15.0 · 1,054 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in Indiana

Median 433 · 1,058 schools compared

Smaller than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades 3–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant town
Run by: Rensselaer Central School Corp

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rensselaer Central School Corp.

Location

Address: 902 E Washington, Rensselaer, IN 47978
Phone: (219)866-8212
City or town: Rensselaer
County: Jasper County

Quality of life in Rensselaer Schools in Rensselaer

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Rensselaer Central Primary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	398	15.9	0.8 mi
Tri-County Primary School	Pre-K–2	192	14.2	12.1 mi
Tri-County Intermediate School	3–6	258	13.9	13.3 mi
West Central Elementary School	K–6	335	13.7	14.5 mi
North White Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	435	19.6	14.6 mi
South Newton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	430	13.9	15.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 180942001545