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Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477002395
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School
2020 Dawson St, Indianapolis, IN 46203 · (317) 226-4219 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest 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
10.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
186 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
9.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
12.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School this school | 259 | 71.8% | 8.4% |
| Lindley Elementary School Fort Wayne | 330 | 67.6% | 28.9% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 241 | 70.1% | 17.0% |
| Wilson Elementary School South Bend | 374 | 70.3% | 8.8% |
| Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 366 | 70.8% | 13.5% |
| Adams Elementary School Fort Wayne | 308 | 78.9% | 12.1% |
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 Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #966 of 983 | #134 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #931 of 986 | #122 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #968 of 986 | #134 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #906 of 1,079 | #131 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #32 of 991 | #10 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #108 of 996 | #37 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #125 of 1,058 | #39 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.9% | #16 of 597 | #4 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
259
-139 (-35%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 259 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 72% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 37.3 | 13.2:1 | 74% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 1 | 444.0:1 | 81% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 52 | 7.7:1 | 77% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 23 | 21.2:1 | 77% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 75% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 91% (365) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School.
About Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is a small elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 259 students. The average among elementary schools in Indiana is roughly 436 students; this school is 41% smaller than that.
Indianapolis Public Schools (49 schools, 21,055 students) runs Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School.
At Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 39%. After that, the student body is 36% Black, 18% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Marion County is about 14% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.8:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is 72%. It compares with 60% for public schools in Marion County.
The allk12 Grade for Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is F. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is 24.7%. It actually posts 8.4%, which is 16.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 274 public schools in Marion County, enrolling about 161,456 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 8.4% is below the 17.5% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School declined 35% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 398 to 259 students. The ratio was 7.7:1 in 2020-21 and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School?
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School serve?
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School have?
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School?
At Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 39% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School in?
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
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