Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry

As a compact elementary-level community in Indianapolis, Indiana, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry teaches 360 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools.

Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is one of 49 schools operated by Indianapolis Public Schools, a district that hosts 21,055 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Marion County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.1%, the actual is 67.6%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Marion County) records 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%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is one.

Eliza Baker School 55 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry. On composite proficiency, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry has declined 17%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 73% over that span.

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