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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Little Turtle Elementary School, Columbia City, IN

Little Turtle Elementary School is a public elementary school in Columbia City, part of Whitley County Con Schools. It enrolled 583 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
583
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 15.2. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2
District15.2
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
1710 S State Rd 9, Columbia City, IN 46725
Phone
(260)244-3343
District
Whitley County Con Schools
County
Whitley County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
180228002135
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
179
Reduced-price lunch
58
Free or reduced-price lunch
23740.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
126Students 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.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Whitley County Con Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.