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Enrollment
485
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTEL HOUSE ACADEMY WEST·NCES 180014902568
Christel House Academy West
55 N Tibbs Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46222 · (317) 783-4901 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
317 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
14.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
17.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Christel House Academy West
Christel House Academy West's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christel House Academy West this school | 485 | 65.4% | 14.6% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hammond | 565 | 61.2% | 13.6% |
| East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy East Chicago | 424 | 63.7% | 28.3% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
| Monger Elementary School Elkhart | 394 | 67.0% | 38.6% |
| William McKinley Elementary School East Chicago | 509 | 70.3% | 13.3% |
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 Christel House Academy West ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #903 of 983 | #106 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #899 of 986 | #108 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #913 of 986 | #110 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #410 of 1,079 | #74 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #278 of 991 | #49 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #437 of 996 | #125 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #243 of 1,058 | #78 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.6% | #27 of 353 | #4 of 35 |
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
485
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 65% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 67% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 94% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 83% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 16 | 20.1:1 | 98% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 10 | 19.7:1 | 98% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christel House Academy West.
About Christel House Academy West
This page covers Christel House Academy West, a medium-sized elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It enrolled 485 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
In federal data, the district for Christel House Academy West is the school itself.
Roughly 64% of students at Christel House Academy West are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 27% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Marion County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Christel House Academy West is 65%.
Christel House Academy West is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Christel House Academy West ranks in the bottom 10% in Indiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.6%, against a prediction of 29.3%.
Among Marion County residents, the median household income is $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Christel House Academy West, Marion County has 273 other public schools.
Nearby, Impact Academy 3 is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Christel House Academy West is run as a public charter school.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (488) to 2024-25 (485). Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.2:1 to 13.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Christel House Academy West. 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 Christel House Academy WestHow large is Christel House Academy West?
Christel House Academy West enrolls approximately 485 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Christel House Academy West serve?
Christel House Academy West serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Christel House Academy West?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Christel House Academy West.
How diverse is Christel House Academy West?
Christel House Academy West reports a student body of 5% White, 64% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Christel House Academy West?
Christel House Academy West is overseen by Christel House Academy West in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.