Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

J E Ober Elementary School, Garrett, IN

J E Ober Elementary School is a public elementary school in Garrett, part of Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp. It enrolled 704 students in 2024-25, with 14.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 704
Teachers (FTE): 50.0
Students per teacher: 14.1
Grades: K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.6. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.1

District13.6

Indiana15.5

United States15.3

School details

Address: 801 E Houston St, Garrett, IN 46738
Phone: (260)357-3112
District: Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp
County: DeKalb County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 180384000606

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 344
Reduced-price lunch: 75
Free or reduced-price lunch: 41959.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 244Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.