Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180084000159
Forest Park Elementary School
800 S Alabama St, Brazil, IN 47834 · (812) 443-7621 · Clay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
9.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
146 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 22 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Clay Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
15.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
27.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Park Elementary School
Forest Park Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Elementary School this school | 232 | 62.9% | 20.0% |
| Waterloo Elementary School Waterloo | 247 | 63.6% | 27.7% |
| Turkey Run Elementary School Marshall | 248 | 62.1% | 41.6% |
| Dollens Elementary Oolitic | 217 | 65.0% | 31.1% |
| Laurel School Laurel | 245 | 62.0% | 31.6% |
| Johnson Elementary School Scottsburg | 219 | 65.3% | 46.3% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #842 of 983 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #787 of 986 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #899 of 986 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #956 of 1,079 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #8 of 991 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #867 of 996 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #295 of 1,058 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #193 of 597 | N/A |
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
232
+35 (+18%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 232 | 23.9 | 9.7:1 | 63% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 22.7 | 12.5:1 | 72% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 24 | 10.4:1 | 74% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 65% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 22.6 | 12.6:1 | 83% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 82% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 14 | 22.8:1 | 75% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 28 | 10.0:1 | 54% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park Elementary School.
About Forest Park Elementary School
Forest Park Elementary School serves students in Brazil, Indiana, as a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 232 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 47% below the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Clay Community Schools is the local district for Forest Park Elementary School. It runs 10 schools with 3,995 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Forest Park Elementary School is White, at 93%. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Clay County residents, the White share is about 95%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Forest Park Elementary School scores 14%.
Forest Park Elementary School reported 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.7:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. Roughly 63% of students at Forest Park Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Clay County average 44%.
Forest Park Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Forest Park Elementary School is -11.0 points: 20.0% actual, 31.0% predicted.
For Clay County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $70,010, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 10 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,995, Forest Park Elementary School among them.
About 0.8 miles separate Forest Park Elementary School from the closest public school, East Side Elementary School. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.2%; Forest Park Elementary School's is 20.0%, ranking 8th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Forest Park Elementary School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment increased 18% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.6:1 to 9.7:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,409
Census ACS
Median income
$70,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,995 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay Community Schools
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- North Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Clay City Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Staunton Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Clay City Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Meridian Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other schools in Brazil
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- North Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Staunton Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Meridian Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Jackson Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Other Forest Park Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Forest Park Elementary. Forest Park Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 13.
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 558 students
- Forest Park ElementaryFremont, CA · 725 students
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 613 students
- Forest Park ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 522 students
- Forest Park ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 472 students
Nearby schools
- East Side Elementary School0.8 mi · 209
- Meridian Street Elementary School0.9 mi · 321
- Northview High School2.6 mi · 863
- North Clay Middle School2.8 mi · 734
- Jackson Township Elementary School3.8 mi · 237
- Staunton Elementary School4.1 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Forest Park Elementary School?
Forest Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forest Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary School?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Forest Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Forest Park Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Forest Park Elementary School public or private?
Forest Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clay Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.