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Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477002605
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry
510 East 46th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205 · (317) 226-4270 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
76 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
54%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
57.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
63.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry this school | 351 | 21.7% | 57.6% |
| Fred J Hums Elementary School Mishawaka | 327 | 25.1% | 48.1% |
| Pittsboro Elementary School Pittsboro | 350 | 23.4% | 69.0% |
| Pittsboro Primary School Pittsboro | 332 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Union Center Elementary School Valparaiso | 386 | 19.4% | 67.2% |
| Haverhill Elementary School Fort Wayne | 396 | 28.8% | 69.4% |
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 Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #181 of 983 | #8 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #203 of 986 | #11 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #145 of 986 | #7 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #719 of 1,079 | #113 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #353 of 991 | #59 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #392 of 996 | #114 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #986 of 1,058 | #150 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #139 of 353 | #14 of 35 |
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
351
-110 (-24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 351 | 24.5 | 14.3:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 28.5 | 15.9:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 27% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 22.5 | 13.9:1 | 40% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry.
About Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It teaches 351 students in kindergarten through 5.
Indianapolis Public Schools is responsible for 49 schools, Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry included, with 21,055 students in all.
About 65% of the student body at Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry is White. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Marion County, the White share is about 52%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. About 22% of students at Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Marion County.
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of Indiana public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry is 2.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 57.6%. Predicted: 60.2%.
In Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry shares Marion County with 273 other public schools.
Indiana School For The Deaf is about 0.8 miles from Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 461 in 2020-21 to 351 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for InquiryHow large is Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry?
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry serve?
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry.
How diverse is Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry?
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry public or private?
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools.
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