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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180102001570
Cardinal Elementary School
3590 S Hornaday Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112 · (317) 852-1036 · Hendricks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
283 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
67.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
66.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 20 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 Cardinal Elementary School
Cardinal Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Elementary School this school | 650 | 43.5% | 65.0% |
| Perry Worth Elementary School Lebanon | 601 | 42.9% | 38.8% |
| River Birch Elementary School Avon | 694 | 45.5% | 61.7% |
| Crossroads Elementary School Brownsburg | 579 | 39.0% | 66.7% |
| Clearwater Elementary School Indianapolis | 750 | 39.6% | 55.4% |
| Hebron Elementary School Evansville | 726 | 45.2% | 27.3% |
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 Cardinal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #106 of 983 | #11 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #165 of 986 | #17 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #48 of 986 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #121 of 1,079 | #3 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #660 of 991 | #17 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #201 of 996 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #728 of 1,058 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #183 of 353 | #7 of 11 |
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
650
-261 (-29%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 650 | 40.7 | 16.0:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 38.8 | 15.2:1 | 37% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 35.1 | 15.4:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 44 | 20.7:1 | 30% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 32.1 | 18.5:1 | 32% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 27% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 29% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cardinal Elementary School.
About Cardinal Elementary School
Cardinal Elementary School is an elementary school in Brownsburg, Indiana, reachable at (317) 852-1036. It reported 650 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Brownsburg Community School Corp is responsible for 12 schools, Cardinal Elementary School included, with 10,503 students in all.
About 52% of the student body at Cardinal Elementary School is White. Other students are 27% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Hendricks County residents are about 78% White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Cardinal Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. About 44% of students at Cardinal Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Cardinal Elementary School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Cardinal Elementary School beats its 44.7% prediction with 65.0%, a top-10% result in Indiana.
The school is in Hendricks County, where median household income comes to about $101,144, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Hendricks County counts 47 public schools with about 33,487 students.
The closest school to Cardinal Elementary School is Delaware Trail Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. Cardinal Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Cardinal Elementary School's average proficiency of 65.0% compares with 69.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 29%. By 2024-25, the school had 16.0 students per teacher, compared with 20.7 in 2020-21.
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Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brownsburg Community School Corp
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Brownsburg East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other schools in Brownsburg
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Brownsburg East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other Cardinal Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cardinal Elementary. Cardinal Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Cardinal ElementaryRichmond, VA · 821 students
- Cardinal ElementaryArlington, VA · 682 students
- Cardinal ElementaryMUSKEGON, MI · 611 students
- Cardinal ElementaryEldon, IA · 495 students
- CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSO SIOUX CITY, NE · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Delaware Trail Elementary School0.1 mi · 512
- Brownsburg West Middle School0.3 mi · 1,291
- White Lick Elementary School0.6 mi · 473
- Brownsburg East Middle School0.7 mi · 1,198
- Eagle Elementary School0.9 mi · 539
- Crossroads Elementary School1.0 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Cardinal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cardinal Elementary School?
Cardinal Elementary School enrolls approximately 650 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cardinal Elementary School serve?
Cardinal Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cardinal Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cardinal Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cardinal Elementary School?
Cardinal Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 11% Hispanic, 27% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cardinal Elementary School public or private?
Cardinal Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brownsburg Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.