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How has Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000817
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School
1450 S Reisner, Indianapolis, IN 46221 · (317) 226-4246 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
284 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
15.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
14.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% 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 Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School this school | 416 | 68.3% | 12.5% |
| Beardsley Elementary School Elkhart | 356 | 68.8% | 12.7% |
| Mary Daly Elementary School Elkhart | 476 | 63.9% | 10.2% |
| John I Meister Elementary School Hobart | 373 | 72.9% | 14.9% |
| William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 386 | 70.2% | 32.4% |
| Concord South Side Elementary Sch Elkhart | 394 | 71.3% | 32.4% |
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 Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #927 of 983 | #118 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #921 of 986 | #117 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #902 of 986 | #107 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #568 of 1,079 | #97 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #280 of 991 | #50 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #131 of 996 | #42 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #190 of 1,058 | #64 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #329 of 353 | #31 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
416
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 68% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 68% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 81% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 75% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 37.6 | 10.9:1 | 83% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 76% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 88% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 84% (339) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School.
About Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School
Federal records list Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School as an elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 416 students.
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School is one school in Indianapolis Public Schools, a system of 49 schools with 21,055 students.
At Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 46%. Other reported shares: 28% White, 18% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Marion County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 30 full-time equivalents, or about 13.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. About 68% of students, or 284, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Indiana. Predicted: 27.2%. Actual: 12.5%.
In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Marion County is home to 274 public schools and about 161,456 public school students.
William Penn Middle School - a STEM School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 416, a 6% rise from 393 in 2020-21.
The Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School?
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School serve?
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School have?
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School?
At Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 46% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School?
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School is overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.