Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL TOWN OF SPEEDWAY·NCES 181092001780
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2
1849 N Whitcomb, Speedway, IN 46224 · (317) 241-0572 · Marion County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
152 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 91% larger than its 6th grade class (23).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within School Town of Speedway. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
65.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 this school | 223 | 68.2% | 57.1% |
| Coolspring Elementary School Michigan City | 249 | 66.3% | 26.3% |
| Bethel Park Elementary | pilotED Schools Indianapolis | 225 | 68.0% | 13.3% |
| Marsh Elementary School Michigan City | 296 | 68.9% | 29.6% |
| Lincoln School Evansville | 280 | 75.7% | 9.4% |
| Paramount School of Excellence Lafayette Lafayette | 193 | 75.1% | 25.2% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #196 of 983 | #10 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #182 of 986 | #9 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #162 of 986 | #9 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #972 of 1,079 | #143 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #252 of 991 | #47 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #134 of 996 | #43 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #191 of 1,058 | #65 of 152 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
223
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 223 | 16.3 | 13.7:1 | 68% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 17.3 | 12.8:1 | 62% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 16.7 | 14.5:1 | 65% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 57% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 198 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 45% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 17 | 10.6:1 | 44% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 10 | 18.2:1 | 42% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 11 | 19.3:1 | 21% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 8 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2.
About Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2
Families in Speedway, Indiana, are served by Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2, a small elementary school. The school counts 223 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students.
School Town of Speedway serves 1,776 students across 6 schools.
Black students are the largest group at Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2, with 44% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 34% White, 15% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Marion County's residents are about 27% Black, 16 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Its 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That ratio is under the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 is A. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Indiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 does better than predicted by 29.8 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.1%; the prediction is 27.3%.
Within Marion County, median household income is about $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Marion County number 274 and enroll about 161,456.
James A Allison Elementary Sch 3 is the public school closest to Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 235 to 223 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.7:1, from 11.2:1.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School Town of Speedway
- Speedway Senior High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4Elementary · 311 students
- Speedway Junior High SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 3Elementary · 249 students
- Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1Elementary · 127 students
Other schools in Speedway
- Speedway Senior High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4Elementary · 311 students
- Speedway Junior High SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 3Elementary · 249 students
- Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1Elementary · 127 students
Nearby schools
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 30.5 mi · 249
- Speedway Senior High School0.6 mi · 602
- Speedway Junior High School0.7 mi · 264
- Carl G Fisher Elementary School 10.7 mi · 127
- Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 41.0 mi · 311
- Monarca Academy1.6 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2What is the total enrollment at Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2?
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 enrolls approximately 223 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 serve?
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 have?
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2?
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 reports a student body of 34% White, 15% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2?
Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 is overseen by School Town of Speedway in Marion County.
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