Enrollment
173
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000866
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School
307 Lincoln St, Indianapolis, IN 46225 · (317) 226-4231 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
6.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
113 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
73%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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School this school | 173 | 65.3% | 32.7% |
| Oakland Elementary School Lafayette | 192 | 69.3% | 37.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Fort Wayne | 206 | 74.8% | 28.4% |
| Coolspring Elementary School Michigan City | 249 | 66.3% | 26.3% |
| Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 Speedway | 223 | 68.2% | 57.1% |
| Christian Park School 82 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 251 | 68.1% | 12.6% |
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 James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #664 of 983 | #44 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #737 of 986 | #56 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #587 of 986 | #37 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #1,016 of 1,079 | #148 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #244 of 1,058 | #79 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.0% | #4 of 597 | #1 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
173
-111 (-39%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 173 | 25.3 | 6.8:1 | 65% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 21.5 | 11.5:1 | 62% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 78% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 28 | 10.1:1 | 77% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 31.3 | 12.8:1 | 83% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 84% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 38 | 11.5:1 | 89% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 91% (570) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 39 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School.
About James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School
This page covers James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School, a very small elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school enrolls 173 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Indianapolis Public Schools runs James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School along with 48 other schools, enrolling 21,055 students in total.
Of every 100 students at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School, about 36 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Census figures show Marion County is about 52% White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School are from different groups.
On staff are 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 65% of students at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School scores 32.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 29.3%.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, median household income comes to about $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 274 public schools and about 161,456 students.
SE Neighborhood Sch of Excellence is about 0.6 miles from James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School's location as City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 284 (2020-21) to 173 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.1:1 to 6.8:1.
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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 James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM SchoolHow large is James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School?
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School serve?
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School.
How diverse is James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School?
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School reports a student body of 36% White, 23% Hispanic, 25% Black, 13% Two or more.
What district is James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School in?
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
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