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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000808
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School
5002 W 34th St, Indianapolis, IN 46224 · (317) 226-4279 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
274 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
13.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
18.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School this school | 472 | 58.1% | 14.7% |
| Roosevelt STEAM Academy Elkhart | 531 | 56.5% | 23.7% |
| Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 391 | 56.3% | 20.4% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
| Washington Irving Elementary Sch Hammond | 754 | 56.4% | 12.5% |
| Christel House Academy West Indianapolis | 485 | 65.4% | 14.6% |
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 Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #902 of 983 | #105 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #883 of 986 | #98 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #923 of 986 | #115 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #441 of 1,079 | #77 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #196 of 991 | #36 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #501 of 996 | #133 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #403 of 1,058 | #102 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #85 of 597 | #27 of 86 |
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
472
-137 (-22%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 472 | 35.5 | 13.3:1 | 58% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 41.5 | 13.2:1 | 62% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 43.5 | 13.8:1 | 76% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 54 | 11.3:1 | 77% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 44.7 | 14.4:1 | 81% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 88% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 93% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 73% (477) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 37 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School.
About Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 472 students.
The district for Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School is Indianapolis Public Schools, with 49 schools and 21,055 students.
At Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School, 73% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 14% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School scores 43%.
A staff of 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.3:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Marion County is similar, at 60%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School outscored 4%, which works out to an F 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. Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School posts 14.7% against a 34.5% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Indiana.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Marion County show that median household income comes to about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 274, with about 161,456 students.
IN Math & Science Academy is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.0%; Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School's is 14.7%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
From 609 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 472 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.3 to 13.3 over 4 years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School?
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School is approximately 13.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School?
At Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 73% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School in?
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
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