Edison School of the Arts 47

Located at 777 White River Pkwy W Drive, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Edison School of the Arts 47 is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that caters to 617 students (grades K through 8), part of Indianapolis Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Indianapolis Public Schools runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 21,055 students. Edison School of the Arts 47 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Edison School of the Arts 47 lists that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 36% Black, 14% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edison School of the Arts 47 has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edison School of the Arts 47 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.3%; this one delivers 17.0%.

In the surrounding community, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Edison School of the Arts 47 is one campus in the mix.

William Penn Middle School - a STEM School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edison School of the Arts 47 comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edison School of the Arts 47 has increased 5%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 617 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 64% to 36%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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