Allisonville Elementary School

Allisonville Elementary School, a high-enrollment primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by MSD Washington Township, works with 724 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 66% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 14 schools in MSD Washington Township (11,560 students total), Allisonville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Allisonville Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Allisonville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Around the school, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Allisonville Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Clearwater Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allisonville Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allisonville Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.9%.

Allisonville Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Allisonville Elementary School has edged up 3%, going from 702 students in 2018 to 724 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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