English Language Arts
34.3%
State avg 39.2%
District avg 21.5%
County avg 27.2%
District avg 21.5%
County avg 27.2%
Test scores
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ILEARN, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % At or Above Proficiency.Mathematics
31.4%
State avg 41.1%
District avg 22.0%
County avg 26.5%
District avg 22.0%
County avg 26.5%
Science
39.1%
State avg 41.5%
District avg 22.3%
County avg 26.7%
District avg 22.3%
County avg 26.7%
Social Studies
25.0%
State avg 36.9%
District avg 16.0%
County avg 22.9%
District avg 16.0%
County avg 22.9%
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, about 31 of 100 do math at grade level, about 39 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 25 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39, 41, 41, and 37.
Rank: James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School places #664 of 983 Indiana elementary schools, and #44 of 140 in Marion County for state test proficiency.
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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 26.1% | 38.9% | 23 | 26.1% | 50.2% | 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 52.2% | 40.1% | 23 | 47.8% | 48.3% | 23 | 39.1% | 41.8% | 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 5 | 25.0% | 39.5% | 24 | 20.8% | 40.6% | 24 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25.0% | 36.9% | 24 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. James A. Garfield Indiana avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 34.3% | 21.5% | 27.2% | 39.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 31.4% | 22.0% | 26.5% | 41.1% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 39.1% | 22.3% | 26.7% | 41.5% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 25.0% | 16.0% | 22.9% | 36.9% |
How to read these scores
What is ILEARN?
Indiana public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take ILEARN each spring in English Language Arts and Math, plus Science (grades 4/6) and Social Studies (grade 5). High school students take ILEARN Biology as part of the state assessment system.
What does "% At or Above Proficiency" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "At Proficiency" or "Above Proficiency" on ILEARN (top 2 of 4 performance levels: Below, Approaching, At, Above). At and above means the student is performing at or beyond grade-level expectations. A higher number is better.
What does 34.3% mean for English Language Arts at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School?
It means about 34.3 percent of students tested at James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School performed at grade level or above on the ILEARN English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Indiana that year was 39.2%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Indiana, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), Indiana Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN). School-level results published annually in Excel format on the IDOE Data Center. Headline metric is the cumulative "At Proficiency + Above Proficiency" rate (top 2 of 4 ILEARN performance levels).
How often is it updated?
ILEARN is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.