Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School

Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools, hosting 259 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Indianapolis Public Schools, which oversees 49 schools and 21,055 students, Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 24.7%; this one comes in at 8.4%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School is one.

The closest other public school is Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School has shrank 47%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 26% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.