Central Elementary School

As a cozy intermediate school in Beech Grove, Indiana, Central Elementary School serves 389 students from grades 5 through 6, part of Beech Grove City Schools. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

Central Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Beech Grove City Schools, a district that teaches 2,790 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Central Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In terms of school funding signals, Central Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.4%; Central Elementary School posts 22.8%, -17.6 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Central Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Beech Grove Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Central Elementary School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 389). The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 61% over that span.

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