Acton Elementary School

Acton Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Franklin Township Com Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 275 students spanning grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Within Franklin Township Com Sch Corp, which oversees 12 schools and 11,385 students, Acton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Acton Elementary School reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Asian, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Acton Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Acton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Acton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Central Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Acton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Acton Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 39%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 275 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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