The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 32% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Northeast Dubois Elementary School
Northeast Dubois Elementary School is a regular public school in the unincorporated community of Dubois, Indiana, serving children from preschool through second grade. This is a primary grades building within the Northeast Dubois County School Corporation, and its limited grade span shapes almost everything about it. There are no older students on this campus, no middle or high school programs to consider, and no state accountability tests administered at these early grade levels.
Dubois itself is a small, rural census-designated place along Indiana State Road, with the Patoka River running along its northwestern edge. The area is agricultural and car-dependent. The county seat of Jasper lies to the southwest. Publicly reported information describes the community as experiencing a population decline, and the surrounding county is home to multinational corporations though the CDP itself has limited commercial infrastructure. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to national benchmarks, and the local branch of the Jasper-Dubois County Public Library provides a civic anchor within the community.
The school’s enrollment is small for its grade band. The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and a handful of multiracial children. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special education identification and English learner status were not available. The school does not report staffing ratios, discipline rates, or chronic absenteeism figures, so those dimensions of school environment cannot be characterized from the provided information.
Because the school serves only preschool through second grade, the state testing results that appear in its profile come from an earlier period when the school may have covered a wider age range or from a different data collection. Those results, from a single school year, show proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science for students in higher grades that are not currently enrolled at this building. The overall proficiency index, based on those historical results, places the school below the midpoint when compared across districts in Dubois County. A parent looking at this school should confirm with the district what, if any, current academic assessments are used at these early grades and how the school tracks early literacy and numeracy development outside of state testing.
The Northeast Dubois County School Corporation has no recent publicly reported changes or major initiatives documented in the research available. The district brief found little of lasting impact to note.
For families who want a small, rural early-elementary setting, Northeast Dubois Elementary fits that profile directly. The school is the entry point for students who will later move on to other district buildings as they progress through the grades. The community’s rural character and shrinking population mean that families considering a move here should understand that the local housing market is modest and the area is quiet, with limited commercial services and a long drive to larger towns. The school’s small enrollment and early grade focus can offer a contained, neighborhood-scale introduction to school for young children, but the lack of current testing data and the thin information on student support programs mean a prospective parent would benefit from a direct conversation with the school about how they measure and support early learning.
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