Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School

Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School operates as a mid-sized primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by Indianapolis Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 451 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Indianapolis Public Schools comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 21,055 students; Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.1%; Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School posts 8.3%, -25.9 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Marion County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School's enrollment has ticked down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 451). Black enrollment moved from 48% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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