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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at College Park Elementary School this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180891002324
College Park Elementary School
2811 Barnard Street, Indianapolis, IN 46268 · (317) 347-7400 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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
16.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
291 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
20.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
18.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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 College Park Elementary School
College Park Elementary School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Park Elementary School this school | 518 | 56.2% | 19.6% |
| Eastbrook Elementary School Indianapolis | 575 | 56.3% | 16.9% |
| Central Elementary School Indianapolis | 634 | 53.6% | 20.2% |
| Guion Creek Elementary School Indianapolis | 550 | 51.5% | 30.8% |
| Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School Hammond | 622 | 56.9% | 9.1% |
| Frank O'Bannon Elementary School Hammond | 557 | 56.4% | 13.6% |
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 College Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #847 of 983 | #82 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #884 of 986 | #99 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #829 of 986 | #76 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #336 of 1,079 | #63 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #685 of 991 | #101 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #383 of 996 | #111 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #457 of 1,058 | #109 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #294 of 353 | #25 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
518
+48 (+10%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 518 | 32.1 | 16.1:1 | 56% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 29.9 | 15.8:1 | 73% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 29.1 | 14.9:1 | 75% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 50 | 9.4:1 | 77% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 75% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 77% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 74% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 38% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 33 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Park Elementary School.
About College Park Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, College Park Elementary School serves students in Indianapolis, Indiana. It enrolls 518 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
College Park Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up MSD Pike Township (10,674 students in total).
The largest group at College Park Elementary School is Black students, at 61%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 27% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, College Park Elementary School scores 54%.
The school has 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Of all students at College Park Elementary School, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, College Park Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places College Park Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.2 points below it (19.6% actual, 35.8% predicted).
In Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
Greenbriar Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, College Park Elementary School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 48 students, from 470 to 518. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (9.4:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at College Park Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Pike Township
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
- Guion Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Snacks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- New Augusta Public Academy - NorthMiddle · 751 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other College Park Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named College Park Elementary. College Park Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 12.
- COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 873 students
- College Park ElementaryLadson, SC · 750 students
- College Park ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 496 students
- College Park ElementaryCollege Park, GA · 475 students
- College Park ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Greenbriar Elementary School1.7 mi · 509
- Willow Lake Elementary School2.0 mi · 739
- Towne Meadow Elementary School2.1 mi · 527
- Eastbrook Elementary School2.1 mi · 575
- Spring Mill Elementary School2.4 mi · 529
- Westlane Middle School2.6 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About College Park Elementary SchoolHow large is College Park Elementary School?
College Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does College Park Elementary School serve?
College Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does College Park Elementary School have?
College Park Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at College Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at College Park Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 29% Hispanic, 61% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is College Park Elementary School public or private?
College Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Pike Township.
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