📍 901 W Havens, Kokomo, Howard County, 46901
Pettit Park School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kokomo, Howard County. The school has 241 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kokomo School Corporation school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pettit Park School enrolls 241 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 18% Black or African American and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 149 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 6.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
206 of the school's 241 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 203 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pettit Park School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-50, state senate district 21, state house district 30.
Pettit Park School is one of 12 schools in Kokomo School Corporation, based in Kokomo, Indiana. The district serves 5,197 students district-wide and employs 352 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 241 students, Pettit Park School is smaller than the district average of about 433 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small