Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477002404
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School
3426 Roosevelt Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46218 · (317) 226-4251 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
259 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
59%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
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
6.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
4.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School's state test result (5.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School this school | 363 | 71.3% | 5.0% |
| Sankofa School of Success at Arlington Woods School 99 Indianapolis | 361 | 71.2% | 11.4% |
| PLA at George H Fisher School 93 Indianapolis | 417 | 74.3% | 18.9% |
| Eastridge Elementary School Indianapolis | 424 | 67.2% | 25.4% |
| Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 366 | 70.8% | 13.5% |
| Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School Indianapolis | 326 | 68.4% | 10.4% |
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 Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #979 of 983 | #138 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #983 of 986 | #141 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.1% | #981 of 986 | #139 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #693 of 1,079 | #108 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #67 of 991 | #18 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #296 of 996 | #93 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #134 of 1,058 | #43 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #299 of 597 | #54 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
363
+86 (+31%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 363 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 71% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 60% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 23.3 | 12.7:1 | 82% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 32 | 8.7:1 | 78% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 23.9 | 17.3:1 | 73% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 77% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 82% (494) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School.
About James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School
A small elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools. The school has 363 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School is one of the 49 schools that make up Indianapolis Public Schools (21,055 students in total).
At James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School, 54% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 27% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School scores 59%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 71% of students at James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is 60%.
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School is 25.1%. It actually posts 5.0%, which is 20.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Marion County show that the median household earns about $66,346 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
Paramount Brookside sits about 1.0 miles from James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 363, up from 277 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 8.7 in 2020-21 to 11.7 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Indianapolis Public Schools
- Arsenal Technical High SchoolHigh · 2,360 students
- Crispus Attucks High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Shortridge High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Broad Ripple Middle School - an IB World SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Northwest Middle School - an IB World SchoolMiddle · 623 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
Nearby schools
- Paramount Brookside1.0 mi · 843
- KIPP Indy Legacy High1.3 mi · 349
- Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School1.3 mi · 366
- KIPP Indy College Prep Middle1.4 mi · 372
- KIPP Indy Unite Elementary1.4 mi · 721
- Excel Center - Meadows1.9 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori SchoolHow large is James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School?
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School serve?
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School have?
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School?
Student demographics at James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School are roughly 7% White, 33% Hispanic, 54% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School in?
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.