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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Forest Glen Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
971
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180567000150
Forest Glen Elementary School
6333 Lee Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46236 · (317) 964-4900 · Marion County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
22.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
448 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 77 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is 63% larger than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
49.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
49.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Forest Glen Elementary School
Forest Glen Elementary School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Glen Elementary School this school | 971 | 46.1% | 50.2% |
| Warren G Harding Elementary School Hammond | 755 | 54.4% | 23.0% |
| Thomas A Edison Elementary School Hammond | 705 | 54.0% | 17.5% |
| Pinewood Elementary School Elkhart | 503 | 53.3% | 29.5% |
| Roosevelt STEAM Academy Elkhart | 531 | 56.5% | 23.7% |
| Washington Irving Elementary Sch Hammond | 754 | 56.4% | 12.5% |
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 Forest Glen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #301 of 983 | #15 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #424 of 986 | #25 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #262 of 986 | #15 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #7 of 1,079 | #2 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #980 of 991 | #137 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #236 of 996 | #80 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #674 of 1,058 | #133 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.2% | #46 of 353 | #7 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
971
+199 (+26%) vs 2020
+38% since 2000-01, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 971 | 44 | 22.1:1 | 46% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 934 | 41 | 22.8:1 | 56% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 38 | 23.2:1 | 51% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 31 | 24.9:1 | 45% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 32 | 22.4:1 | 47% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 32 | 20.8:1 | 47% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 30 | 21.0:1 | 35% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 11% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Glen Elementary School.
About Forest Glen Elementary School
Forest Glen Elementary School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 971 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 123% above that mark.
Besides Forest Glen Elementary School, MSD Lawrence Township runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 16,747 students.
Federal enrollment data show Forest Glen Elementary School is 54% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 23% White, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. Marion County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Forest Glen Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Forest Glen Elementary School, there are about 22.1 students; the school has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 448 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 46% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 60%.
Forest Glen Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Forest Glen Elementary School is 7.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.2% versus 42.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
For Marion County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $66,346 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Marion County number 274, with about 161,456 students.
Of the public schools around it, Forest Glen Elementary School is closest to Fall Creek Valley Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Forest Glen Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 26% across 4 years, from 772 in 2020-21 to 971 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.9:1 to 22.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Forest Glen Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Lawrence Township
- Lawrence North High SchoolHigh · 2,799 students
- Lawrence Central High SchoolHigh · 2,517 students
- Fall Creek Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,355 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 1,313 students
- Belzer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Amy Beverland ElementaryElementary · 800 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Forest Glen Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Glen Elementary. Forest Glen Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Forest Glen Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn, IL · 581 students
- Forest Glen ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Fall Creek Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 1,355
- Sunnyside Elementary School1.4 mi · 714
- Early Learning Center1.5 mi · 1,313
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 712
- Crestview Elementary School2.1 mi · 591
- Oaklandon Elementary School2.2 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Glen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Forest Glen Elementary School?
Forest Glen Elementary School enrolls approximately 971 students in grades PK-06.
Is Forest Glen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Glen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Glen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Glen Elementary School is approximately 22.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest Glen Elementary School?
At Forest Glen Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 54% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Forest Glen Elementary School in?
Forest Glen Elementary School is part of MSD Lawrence Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.