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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Garden City Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WAYNE TOWNSHIP·NCES 181281002033
Garden City Elementary School
4901 Rockville Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46224 · (317) 988-8300 · Marion County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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
16.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
521 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
13.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Garden City Elementary School
Garden City Elementary School's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Elementary School this school | 727 | 71.7% | 13.2% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School Indianapolis | 712 | 69.0% | 17.8% |
| The PATH School Indianapolis | 705 | 71.8% | 10.3% |
| Harrison Elementary School South Bend | 555 | 73.3% | 12.5% |
| Harrison Hill Elementary School Indianapolis | 750 | 69.5% | 16.3% |
| William McKinley Elementary School East Chicago | 509 | 70.3% | 13.3% |
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 Garden City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #921 of 983 | #113 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #954 of 986 | #133 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #929 of 986 | #117 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #62 of 1,079 | #17 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #687 of 991 | #102 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #319 of 996 | #98 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #130 of 1,058 | #42 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #374 of 597 | #64 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
727
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 727 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 72% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 47.5 | 16.5:1 | 84% (658) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 81% (626) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 84 | 8.6:1 | 72% (519) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 52.2 | 15.3:1 | 84% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 970 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 89% (868) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 49 | 19.9:1 | 88% (864) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 34 | 21.2:1 | 60% (430) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden City Elementary School.
About Garden City Elementary School
The public elementary school Garden City Elementary School is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 727 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students each.
MSD Wayne Township counts 16,094 students in its 17 schools, and Garden City Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Garden City Elementary School is 55% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black and 11% White. In Marion County overall, about 14% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Garden City Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Federal data list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garden City Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 72% of students at Garden City Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Garden City Elementary School is D. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Garden City Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.2%; the prediction is 24.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Marion County, median household income is about $66,346, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The public schools of Marion County number 274 and enroll about 161,456.
The school nearest to Garden City Elementary School is Rhoades Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Garden City Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (720) and 2024-25 (727). Students per teacher rose from 8.6 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 MSD Wayne Township
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 1,243 students
- Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,143 students
- Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,135 students
- Robey Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Chapel Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Garden City Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Garden City Elementary. Garden City Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGarden City, GA · 597 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 390 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN CENTER, MN · 366 students
- Garden City ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 302 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGARDEN CITY, TX · 136 students
Nearby schools
- Rhoades Elementary School0.3 mi · 617
- Maplewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 714
- The PATH School1.4 mi · 705
- Impact Academy 21.5 mi · 64
- Impact Academy 31.5 mi · 50
- Impact Academy 11.5 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Garden City Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Garden City Elementary School?
Garden City Elementary School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades PK-06.
Is Garden City Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garden City Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garden City Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garden City Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garden City Elementary School?
At Garden City Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 55% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Garden City Elementary School?
Garden City Elementary School is overseen by MSD Wayne Township in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.