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What's the most underrated thing about Delaware Trail Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180102001567
Delaware Trail Elementary School
3680 S Hornaday Rd, Brownsburg, IN 46112 · (317) 852-1062 · Hendricks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
16.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
191 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
77.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
81.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Delaware Trail Elementary School
Delaware Trail Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Trail Elementary School this school | 512 | 37.3% | 74.2% |
| White Lick Elementary School Brownsburg | 473 | 37.6% | 70.6% |
| Brown Elementary School Brownsburg | 555 | 34.2% | 73.5% |
| Reagan Elementary School Brownsburg | 554 | 37.9% | 66.2% |
| Utica Elementary School Jeffersonville | 608 | 36.2% | 57.4% |
| Cumberland Road Elem School Fishers | 521 | 36.7% | 61.9% |
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 Delaware Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #26 of 983 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #25 of 986 | #2 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #11 of 986 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #350 of 1,079 | #16 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #661 of 991 | #18 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #325 of 996 | #14 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #826 of 1,058 | #16 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #149 of 597 | #5 of 13 |
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
512
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 37% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 34.5 | 14.5:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 36.6 | 16.4:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 40.4 | 16.1:1 | 27% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 24% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 23% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delaware Trail Elementary School.
About Delaware Trail Elementary School
In Brownsburg, Indiana, part of Hendricks County, Delaware Trail Elementary School is an elementary school. The school enrolls 512 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Brownsburg Community School Corp runs Delaware Trail Elementary School along with 11 other schools, enrolling 10,503 students in total.
Delaware Trail Elementary School is 61% White by enrollment. Other students are 18% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Hendricks County residents are about 78% White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 32 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.0:1. That is close to the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Roughly 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Hendricks County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Delaware Trail Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 74.2%, is 25.0 points above the 49.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Indiana schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Hendricks County, the median household income is $101,144, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hendricks County is home to 47 public schools and about 33,487 public school students.
Cardinal Elementary School is the public school closest to Delaware Trail Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Delaware Trail Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 524 in 2020-21, 512 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brownsburg Community School Corp
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Brownsburg East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Brownsburg
- Brownsburg High SchoolHigh · 3,355 students
- Brownsburg West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,291 students
- Brownsburg East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Cardinal Elementary School0.1 mi · 650
- Brownsburg West Middle School0.2 mi · 1,291
- White Lick Elementary School0.5 mi · 473
- Brownsburg East Middle School0.6 mi · 1,198
- Eagle Elementary School0.8 mi · 539
- Crossroads Elementary School0.9 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Delaware Trail Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delaware Trail Elementary School?
Delaware Trail Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
Is Delaware Trail Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delaware Trail Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Delaware Trail Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Delaware Trail Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Delaware Trail Elementary School?
Student demographics at Delaware Trail Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Delaware Trail Elementary School public or private?
Delaware Trail Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brownsburg Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.