Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1

Set in Speedway, Indiana, Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 is a very small elementary school, operated by School Town of Speedway. It teaches 127 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

School Town of Speedway comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,776 students; Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Marion County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 sits in the top 10% of Indiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.0%; actual is 67.3%, +26.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Speedway Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1 has shrank 22%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 127 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 72% to 58%. Class-load math has grew: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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