Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL TOWN OF SPEEDWAY·NCES 181092001782
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4
5700 Meadowood Dr, Speedway, IN 46224 · (317) 291-4274 · Marion County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
205 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 School Town of Speedway. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
69.8%
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 70 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 this school | 311 | 65.9% | 57.3% |
| James A Allison Elementary Sch 3 Speedway | 249 | 68.7% | 62.0% |
| Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School Indianapolis | 328 | 64.6% | 12.8% |
| Waynedale Elementary School Fort Wayne | 383 | 68.4% | 28.6% |
| Indian Village Elementary School Fort Wayne | 331 | 71.3% | 26.7% |
| Robert C Harris Elementary School Fort Wayne | 360 | 61.9% | 39.6% |
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 Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #190 of 983 | #9 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #121 of 986 | #6 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #260 of 986 | #14 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #808 of 1,079 | #121 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #244 of 991 | #46 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #21 of 996 | #7 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #237 of 1,058 | #75 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #205 of 597 | #45 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
311
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 311 | 22.8 | 13.7:1 | 66% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 24.3 | 13.3:1 | 64% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 22.7 | 15.6:1 | 71% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 69% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 74% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 67% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 55% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 36% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 11 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4.
About Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Speedway, Indiana. A total of 311 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
In School Town of Speedway, 6 schools enroll a combined 1,776 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4. The largest is White students, at 33%. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 25% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Marion County's population at about 52%. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 operates with 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.7:1. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. About 66% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 receives an A. 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 school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 57.3%, is 28.4 points above the 28.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Indiana schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Marion County show that the median household income is $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 is one of 274 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 is Speedway Senior High School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 311 students in 2024-25, 30 fewer than the 341 it had in 2020-21.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School Town of Speedway
- Speedway Senior High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Speedway Junior High SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 3Elementary · 249 students
- Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2Elementary · 223 students
- Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1Elementary · 127 students
Other schools in Speedway
- Speedway Senior High SchoolHigh · 602 students
- Speedway Junior High SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 3Elementary · 249 students
- Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2Elementary · 223 students
- Carl G Fisher Elementary School 1Elementary · 127 students
Nearby schools
- Speedway Senior High School0.6 mi · 602
- Northwest Middle School - an IB World School0.6 mi · 623
- Monarca Academy0.6 mi · 219
- Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School0.7 mi · 440
- Excel Center - West0.8 mi · 410
- James A Allison Elementary Sch 30.9 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4How large is Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4?
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 serve?
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 is approximately 13.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4?
At Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4, the student body is approximately 33% White, 25% Hispanic, 29% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4?
Frank H Wheeler Elementary Sch 4 is overseen by School Town of Speedway in Marion County.
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