Frances Slocum Elem School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Marion, Indiana, Frances Slocum Elem School enrolls 473 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Marion Community Schools.

Marion Community Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,668 students. Frances Slocum Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Frances Slocum Elem School reports that 35% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 33% White, 20% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 5% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frances Slocum Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.7%, the actual is 19.5%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $53,522, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frances Slocum Elem School is one of 30 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 10,743 students).

The closest other public school is Marion High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frances Slocum Elem School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Frances Slocum Elem School's enrollment has increased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 473). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 44% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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