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What advice would you give to incoming students at Clark Elementary School?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK-PLEASANT COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180189000244
Clark Elementary School
CR 700 N & 575 E, Franklin, IN 46131 · (317) 535-8503 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
256 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Clark Elementary School
Clark Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary School this school | 440 | 58.2% | 43.8% |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Sch Indianapolis | 579 | 59.1% | 45.0% |
| Mary Adams Elementary School Indianapolis | 451 | 50.6% | 58.8% |
| Rosa Parks Kindergarten Indianapolis | 295 | 61.7% | N/A |
| Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten Indianapolis | 273 | 64.5% | N/A |
| Bunker Hill Elementary School Indianapolis | 487 | 44.8% | 56.9% |
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 Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #440 of 983 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #368 of 986 | #14 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #405 of 986 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #510 of 1,079 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #158 of 991 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #135 of 996 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #400 of 1,058 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #77 of 597 | #1 of 14 |
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
440
-156 (-26%) vs 2020
+91% since 1990-91, when it was 230
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 440 | 33.8 | 13.0:1 | 58% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 32.3 | 15.5:1 | 55% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 32.6 | 14.1:1 | 58% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 47% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 52% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 46% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 41% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 18% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 230 | 10 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Elementary School.
About Clark Elementary School
This page covers Clark Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Franklin, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 440 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp, operates 8 schools serving 7,179 students.
The student body at Clark Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 40%. Other groups include 39% White, 10% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 5% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
For every teacher at Clark Elementary School, there are about 13.0 students; the school has 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 58%. On average, public schools in Johnson County report 41%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Clark Elementary School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 34.4% for a school in Indiana with Clark Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Clark Elementary School posts 43.8%.
The county, Johnson County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,454, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 40 public schools and about 28,824 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ray Crowe Elementary, is about 4.2 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Clark Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Clark Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 440, compared with 596 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (19.9:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp
- Whiteland Community High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Clark Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,690 students
- Grassy Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Ray Crowe ElementaryElementary · 611 students
- Pleasant Crossing ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Break-O-Day Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,531 students
- Custer Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Franklin Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other Clark Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Clark Elementary. Clark Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 21.
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 858 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 828 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 712 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 615 students
- Clark ElementaryISSAQUAH, WA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Ray Crowe Elementary4.2 mi · 611
- Grassy Creek Elementary School4.4 mi · 847
- Acton Elementary School4.9 mi · 275
- Whiteland Elementary School5.1 mi · 370
- Mary Adams Elementary School5.2 mi · 451
- Whiteland Community High School5.2 mi · 2,144
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clark Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clark Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clark Elementary School have?
Clark Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Clark Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clark Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 5% Hispanic, 10% Black, 40% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Clark Elementary School in?
Clark Elementary School is part of Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.