Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000826
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School
3351 W 18th St, Indianapolis, IN 46222 · (317) 226-4290 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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
11.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
179 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
55%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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
15.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School this school | 268 | 66.8% | 17.6% |
| Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 275 | 57.5% | 13.2% |
| Monger Elementary School Elkhart | 394 | 67.0% | 38.6% |
| East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy East Chicago | 424 | 63.7% | 28.3% |
| Beardsley Elementary School Elkhart | 356 | 68.8% | 12.7% |
| Christel House Academy West Indianapolis | 485 | 65.4% | 14.6% |
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 Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #874 of 983 | #95 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #833 of 986 | #81 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #893 of 986 | #106 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #891 of 1,079 | #130 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #45 of 991 | #13 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #369 of 996 | #107 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #219 of 1,058 | #72 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #90 of 597 | #29 of 86 |
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
268
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 268 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 67% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 61% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 81% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 32 | 9.3:1 | 76% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 81% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 79% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 91% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 82% (343) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 28 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School.
About Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School
This page covers Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School, a small elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It educates 268 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 39% smaller than the 436 average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Indianapolis Public Schools runs 49 schools with a combined 21,055 students. Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is one of them.
At 60%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School combined. After that, the student body is 28% Black, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Marion County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.2:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.5:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is 67%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School receives a D. 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 allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is -10.7 points: 17.6% actual, 28.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Marion County this way: median household income is about $66,346, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 274 public schools in Marion County, with a combined enrollment of about 161,456.
Of nearby public schools, Allegiant Preparatory Academy is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 12.9% proficiency; Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School posts 17.6%.
Federal data place Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 268, 10% below the 298 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 11.2:1, from 9.3:1.
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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 Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School?
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is approximately 11.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School?
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School reports a student body of 9% White, 60% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School public or private?
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools.
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