📍 55860 Bittersweet, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, 46545
Bittersweet Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County. The school has 520 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 71% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bittersweet Elementary School enrolls 520 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 432 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
148 of the school's 520 students (28%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 125 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bittersweet Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-20, state senate district 11, state house district 21.
Bittersweet Elementary School is one of 15 schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp, based in Mishawaka, Indiana. The district serves 11,329 students district-wide and employs 586 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 520 students, Bittersweet Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 755 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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