Circle City Preparatory Elementary School

Circle City Preparatory Elementary School is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within Circle City Prep Charter School, with 321 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Circle City Prep Charter School runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 418 students. Circle City Preparatory Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Circle City Preparatory Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Circle City Preparatory Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 95% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Circle City Preparatory Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 8.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Circle City Preparatory Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Circle City Preparatory Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Circle City Preparatory Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 13.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, Circle City Preparatory Elementary School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Circle City Preparatory Elementary School has climbed 287%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 2% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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