1
Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Chapelwood Elementary School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WAYNE TOWNSHIP·NCES 181281002031
Chapelwood Elementary School
1129 N Girls Sch Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46214 · (317) 988-6400 · Marion County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-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
15.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
539 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (124).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
21.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
25.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Chapelwood Elementary School
Chapelwood Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelwood Elementary School this school | 776 | 69.5% | 24.3% |
| Paramount Brookside Indianapolis | 843 | 70.8% | 44.2% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Indianapolis | 692 | 64.7% | 21.0% |
| Westlake Elementary School Indianapolis | 736 | 62.6% | 18.0% |
| North Wayne Elementary School Indianapolis | 837 | 61.9% | 12.9% |
| Lakeside Elementary School Indianapolis | 527 | 69.4% | 27.8% |
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 Chapelwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #795 of 983 | #64 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #806 of 986 | #71 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #816 of 986 | #69 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #39 of 1,079 | #11 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #552 of 991 | #84 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #261 of 996 | #86 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.5% | #169 of 1,058 | #55 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #438 of 597 | #67 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
776
-118 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 776 | 50.5 | 15.4:1 | 69% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 54.5 | 14.2:1 | 76% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 74% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | 81 | 11.0:1 | 72% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 81% (672) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 80% (601) |
| 2010-11 | 874 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 78% (680) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 37 | 19.7:1 | 38% (281) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 35 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapelwood Elementary School.
About Chapelwood Elementary School
Chapelwood Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, under MSD Wayne Township. The student body numbers 776 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436, so this school runs 78% bigger than that.
MSD Wayne Township runs Chapelwood Elementary School along with 16 other schools, enrolling 16,094 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Chapelwood Elementary School is 55% Black. It is also 28% Hispanic, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 27% Black. By the diversity index, Chapelwood Elementary School comes in at 61%.
Teachers at Chapelwood Elementary School total 50.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. The school counts 539 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 69%. That is 9 points above the 60% average for public schools in Marion County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Chapelwood Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 26.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Marion County, median household income is about $66,346, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Chapelwood Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County, which together enroll about 161,456 students.
Nearest public school: Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Chapelwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Chapelwood Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.3% against a local average of 37.2%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Chapelwood Elementary School saw enrollment fall 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.0 to 15.4 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Chapelwood Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Wayne Township
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 1,243 students
- Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,143 students
- Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,135 students
- Robey Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Chapel Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Nearby schools
- Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center0.3 mi · 1,143
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center0.3 mi · 1,243
- Ben Davis High School0.3 mi · 3,315
- Westlake Elementary School1.0 mi · 736
- Chapel Glen Elementary School1.6 mi · 843
- Arthur C Newby Elementary School 21.8 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Chapelwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chapelwood Elementary School?
Chapelwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-06.
Is Chapelwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chapelwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chapelwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chapelwood Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chapelwood Elementary School?
At Chapelwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 28% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Chapelwood Elementary School in?
Chapelwood Elementary School is part of MSD Wayne Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.