Carey Ridge Elementary School

Carey Ridge Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Westfield, Indiana, run under Westfield-Washington Schools. Current enrollment sits at 612 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Carey Ridge Elementary School sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Westfield-Washington Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 10,124 students; Carey Ridge Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Carey Ridge Elementary School records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Carey Ridge Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Carey Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carey Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 65.0%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Carey Ridge Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students).

The closest other public school is Options Westfield, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carey Ridge Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carey Ridge Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.4%.

Carey Ridge Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carey Ridge Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 609 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.