Carmel Elementary School

Carmel Elementary School is an elementary school of expansive scale in Carmel, Indiana, run under Carmel Clay Schools, works with 700 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 61% larger than typical.

Carmel Clay Schools comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 16,145 students; Carmel Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Carmel Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder consists of 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Carmel Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at Carmel Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Carmel Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Hamilton County shows median household income runs about $121,530, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Hamilton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), of which Carmel Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Carmel High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carmel Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carmel Elementary School has grew 46%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 82% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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