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Which teacher or staff member at Carmel Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS·NCES 180120000192
Carmel Elementary School
101 S Richland Ave, Carmel, IN 46032 · (317) 844-0168 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
161 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
61.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
68.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Carmel Elementary School
Carmel Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Elementary School this school | 700 | 23.0% | 65.8% |
| Brooks School Elementary Fishers | 715 | 26.7% | 64.5% |
| Burnett Creek Elementary School West Lafayette | 778 | 28.7% | 70.0% |
| Aspen Meadow Elementary School Fort Wayne | 600 | 23.5% | 49.4% |
| Fall Creek Elementary School Fishers | 525 | 19.2% | 73.5% |
| Binford Elementary School Bloomington | 507 | 20.7% | 65.1% |
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 Carmel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #91 of 983 | #22 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #132 of 986 | #23 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #97 of 986 | #23 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #82 of 1,079 | #10 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #344 of 991 | #9 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #359 of 996 | #13 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #975 of 1,058 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +45.5% | #35 of 353 | #3 of 13 |
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
700
+251 (+56%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 700 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 23% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 46.9 | 14.5:1 | 23% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 42.2 | 14.8:1 | 22% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 24% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 29 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmel Elementary School.
About Carmel Elementary School
Carmel Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Carmel, Indiana. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 700 students. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 61% larger than average.
Carmel Clay Schools enrolls 16,145 students, and its 15 schools include Carmel Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Carmel Elementary School, at 64%. The remaining shares are 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Hamilton County's population at about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Carmel Elementary School is 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. For comparison, public schools in Hamilton County average 21%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carmel Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 65.8% actual against 59.3% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Carmel Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in the county.
Carmel High School is the public school closest to Carmel Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carmel Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Carmel Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment figures are 449 for 2020-21 and 700 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.3:1 to 14.3:1.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carmel Clay Schools
- Carmel High SchoolHigh · 5,239 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,428 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,415 students
- Carmel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,047 students
- Prairie Trace Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Cherry Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Carmel
- Carmel High SchoolHigh · 5,239 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,428 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,415 students
- Carmel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,047 students
- Prairie Trace Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Cherry Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
Other Carmel Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carmel Elementary. Carmel Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Carmel Elementary SchoolWoodstock, GA · 912 students
- Carmel ElementaryHesperia, CA · 804 students
- Carmel ElementaryClarksville, TN · 702 students
- Carmel Elementary SchoolCarmel, ME · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Carmel High School0.4 mi · 5,239
- Indiana Agriculture and Technology0.9 mi · 441
- Carmel Middle School1.1 mi · 1,047
- Mohawk Trails Elementary School1.1 mi · 543
- Woodbrook Elementary School1.8 mi · 628
- Clay Middle School2.1 mi · 1,415
Frequently asked questions
About Carmel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carmel Elementary School?
Carmel Elementary School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carmel Elementary School serve?
Carmel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carmel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carmel Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carmel Elementary School?
At Carmel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Carmel Elementary School in?
Carmel Elementary School is part of Carmel Clay Schools.
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