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What's the biggest difference between Brook Park Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180567001024
Brook Park Elementary School
5259 N David St, Indianapolis, IN 46226 · (317) 964-4100 · Marion County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
476 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
This year's 1st grade class (124) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
11.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Brook Park Elementary School
Brook Park Elementary School's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Park Elementary School this school | 637 | 74.7% | 10.9% |
| IN Math & Science Academy Indianapolis | 554 | 72.0% | 48.0% |
| Lakeside Elementary School Indianapolis | 527 | 69.4% | 27.8% |
| Brookview Elementary School Indianapolis | 507 | 68.6% | 23.9% |
| Paramount School of Excellence South Bend South Bend | 476 | 75.4% | 20.2% |
| Paramount Brookside Indianapolis | 843 | 70.8% | 44.2% |
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 Brook Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #944 of 983 | #125 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #942 of 986 | #127 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #946 of 986 | #125 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #133 of 1,079 | #31 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #386 of 991 | #62 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #463 of 996 | #128 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #87 of 1,058 | #26 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #330 of 353 | #32 of 35 |
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
637
+61 (+11%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 637 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 75% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 91% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 89% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 86% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 34 | 18.5:1 | 84% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 85% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 34 | 21.0:1 | 83% (589) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 38 | 18.0:1 | 38% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brook Park Elementary School.
About Brook Park Elementary School
At 5259 N David St in Indianapolis, Indiana, Brook Park Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 637 students in grades 1 through 6. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
MSD Lawrence Township runs 16 schools with a combined 16,747 students. Brook Park Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Brook Park Elementary School, about 69 are Black. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 27%. The diversity index for Brook Park Elementary School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Brook Park Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 1.0 students per teacher. At Brook Park Elementary School, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 60% average for public schools in Marion County is 15 points lower.
Brook Park Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (10.9%) and its predicted rate (22.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Marion County has 274 public schools with about 161,456 students, including Brook Park Elementary School.
Brook Park Elementary School's nearest public school is Hoosier College and Career Academy (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Brook Park Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 637, from 576 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Brook Park Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 MSD Lawrence Township
- Lawrence North High SchoolHigh · 2,799 students
- Lawrence Central High SchoolHigh · 2,517 students
- Fall Creek Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,355 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 1,313 students
- Belzer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Forest Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 971 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Brook Park Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brook Park Elementary. Brook Park Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Brook Park Elementary SchoolBrook Park, OH · 919 students
- Brook Park Elementary SchoolLa Grange Park, IL · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Hoosier College and Career Academy0.6 mi · 1,484
- Lawrence Central High School0.7 mi · 2,517
- Harrison Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 750
- Belzer Middle School0.7 mi · 1,119
- Arlington Middle School - a STEM School0.9 mi · 365
- The Nature School of Central Indiana1.2 mi · 175
Frequently asked questions
About Brook Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Brook Park Elementary School?
Brook Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 01-06.
What age range does Brook Park Elementary School serve?
Brook Park Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Brook Park Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Brook Park Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Brook Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brook Park Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 19% Hispanic, 69% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Brook Park Elementary School public or private?
Brook Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Lawrence Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.