Summary:
The four elementary schools in Erlanger-Elsmere Independent serve kindergarten through grade 5, with Arnett also serving pre-K; together they enroll 1,117 students, or about 279 per school. Enrollment ranges from 253 to 299. The most important finding is that test results are uneven: Lindeman and Miles average around or above state results, while Howell and Arnett are well below.
Miles and Lindeman lead in many of the latest reported tests, though their results vary by grade and subject. Miles leads in third-grade math and reading, fourth-grade science, and fifth-grade writing and editing/mechanics; Lindeman leads in fourth-grade math and reading and fifth-grade math, reading, and social studies. Their average results are about 2 and 1 percentage points above the state, respectively. Howell averages 25 points below the state and is lowest in nine reported comparisons, including fifth-grade reading, where it scored 15% versus Lindeman’s 67%—a 52-point spread. Arnett averages 20 points below the state, and all six of its reported results are below state figures.
Recent changes also set Miles apart: across matched results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its average score rose 6 points, while Howell fell 2 points, Lindeman fell 1, and Arnett fell 7; the schools’ combined results were essentially flat. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Miles rose from 15 to 54 over three years; Lindeman also reached 54, while Howell was at 5 and Arnett at 7. School characteristics do not follow the same pattern: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 90% to 94%, and student-teacher ratios ranged from 10.5 at Arnett to 15.4 at Miles. These averages are descriptive, since schools have different numbers of reported results.
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