Chapelwood Elementary School

Chapelwood Elementary School is an elementary school of expansive scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of MSD Wayne Township, instructing 776 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

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

Demographically, Chapelwood Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Marion County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chapelwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.4%; this one delivers 24.3%.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Chapelwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chapelwood Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chapelwood Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 826 (now 776). White enrollment moved from 17% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Chapelwood Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.