Delaware Trail Elementary School

Located at 3680 S Hornaday Rd, in Brownsburg, Indiana, Delaware Trail Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that caters to 512 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Brownsburg Community School Corp.

Within Brownsburg Community School Corp, which oversees 12 schools and 10,503 students, Delaware Trail Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Delaware Trail Elementary School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 18% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Delaware Trail Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Delaware Trail Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.1%; Delaware Trail Elementary School posts 74.2%, +25.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, Hendricks County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,144, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hendricks County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students), of which Delaware Trail Elementary School is one.

Cardinal Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Delaware Trail Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Delaware Trail Elementary School has contracted 21%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 61% across the same window.

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