SCHOOL INFORMATION

 

L.C. Schmitt Elementary

2675 California Street

Columbus, IN

Harry Weese, 1957

 

Our Schools Hours of Operations 

School Building/ Office Hours: 7:30am-4:00pm

 

About Our School

Our mission: Schmitt Rockets grow every day as we build relationships and work together to reach goals.

Number of students at our school:

School Colors: Red & Black

Mascot: Rockets

 

About L.C. Schmitt Elementary

This was the first building constructed under the Cummins architecture program. The Baby Boom was in full swing, the need for new schools in Columbus was a growing concern. J. Irwin Miller, as the CEO of Cummins Engine Co. made an offer to the school board to pay the architect’s design fees for a new school with an architect chosen by the school board from a list provided by Cummins. The Lillian Schmitt Elementary School launched what would become the Cummins Foundation Architecture Program. The school was completed in 1957 and led the way for many more schools and public buildings to have their design fees paid by the Cummins Foundation.

This school (like most of our elementary schools) was named for a beloved community educator, Miss Lillian C. Schmitt who taught in the Columbus school system for 43 years. The original 1957 building consisted of a kindergarten area and 12 classrooms designed by Harry Weese in close collaboration with Brewster (Bruce) Adams. In the center of the structure was a hexagonal multi-purpose room. Weese kept the building low to the ground much like the houses in the surrounding neighborhood so as not to overwhelm the children in their introduction to school. The building is a natural blend of brick, glass and wood with a peaked roofline on each classroom designed to resemble a little house.

 

School Data

Pass Rate for IREAD: 84.4%

Pass Rate for ILEARN Reading:  33.3%

Pass Rate for ILEARN Math:  35.5%

Student Chronic Absenteeism Rate:   20.8%

Per Student Funding:  $6,203.40