William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School

William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Indianapolis Public Schools, hosts 381 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School is one of 49 schools operated by Indianapolis Public Schools, a district that educates 21,055 students overall.

On the student-mix side, William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.6%; actual is 20.9%, a gap of -14.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Marion County) records that median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Shortridge High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 19.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 59% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.