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What's the biggest difference between Center for Inquiry School 84 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477002391
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry
440 E 57th St, Indianapolis, IN 46220 · (317) 226-4284 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
44%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
63.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
75.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry this school | 360 | 11.9% | 67.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cedar Lake | 305 | 11.8% | N/A |
| Morgan Township Elementary School Valparaiso | 336 | 14.0% | 63.6% |
| Eagle Elementary School Zionsville | 359 | 9.2% | 70.0% |
| Stonegate Elementary Zionsville | 462 | 10.6% | 68.2% |
| Deer Ridge Elementary Fort Wayne | 430 | 16.7% | 64.0% |
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 Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #72 of 983 | #3 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #69 of 986 | #2 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #77 of 986 | #4 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #700 of 1,079 | #110 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #200 of 991 | #38 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #488 of 996 | #131 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,039 of 1,058 | #151 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #221 of 597 | #48 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
360
-90 (-20%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 30.5 | 14.5:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 26.5 | 17.7:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 34.4 | 12.6:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 28% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry.
About Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry
As a small elementary school, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry serves students in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 360 students.
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry reports to Indianapolis Public Schools, which has 49 schools and 21,055 students.
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry's enrollment is 73% White. The remaining shares are 10% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Marion County's population at about 52%. By the diversity index, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry comes in at 44%.
The teaching staff at Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That ratio is under the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 12%. Public schools in Marion County average 60%.
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (67.6% versus 67.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
Across Marion County, median household income is about $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is among the 274 public schools in Marion County.
Eliza Baker School 55 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry's location as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 360, 20% below the 450 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 13.3:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for InquiryHow many students attend Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry?
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry enrolls approximately 360 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry serve?
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry.
How diverse is Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry?
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry reports a student body of 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry?
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry is overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools in Marion County.
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