Chapel Glen Elementary School

Chapel Glen Elementary School is a primary school of roomy scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Wayne Township, works with 843 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 93% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

MSD Wayne Township comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 16,094 students; Chapel Glen Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Chapel Glen Elementary School shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic, 22% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chapel Glen Elementary School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Chapel Glen Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chapel Glen Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.6%; actual is 13.4%, a gap of -19.1 points.

Across the wider county, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Chapel Glen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chapel Glen Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chapel Glen Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 828 students in 2018 to 843 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 35% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Chapel Glen Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.