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What advice would you give to incoming students at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School?
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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180882001687
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School
5225 Gray Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46227 · (317) 789-4300 · Marion County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
433 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (115) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
28.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Jeremiah Gray Elementary School
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Gray Elementary School this school | 591 | 73.3% | 28.1% |
| Homecroft Elementary School Indianapolis | 493 | 73.8% | 34.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Fort Wayne | 590 | 66.9% | 42.2% |
| Mabel K Holland Elementary School Fort Wayne | 533 | 64.4% | 34.6% |
| Clinton Young Elementary School Indianapolis | 595 | 80.3% | 19.4% |
| Harrison Hill Elementary School Fort Wayne | 612 | 70.9% | 25.6% |
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 Jeremiah Gray Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #749 of 983 | #54 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #735 of 986 | #55 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #704 of 986 | #50 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #193 of 1,079 | #42 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #708 of 991 | #106 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #33 of 996 | #14 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #106 of 1,058 | #35 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.3% | #69 of 353 | #9 of 35 |
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
591
+43 (+8%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 591 | 36.2 | 16.3:1 | 73% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 38.9 | 17.6:1 | 76% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 38.8 | 14.5:1 | 67% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 66% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 48% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 44% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeremiah Gray Elementary School.
About Jeremiah Gray Elementary School
Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in grades 1 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 591 students. Elementary schools in Indiana have about 436 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
Perry Township Schools includes 21 schools. Together they enroll 16,243 students.
Of every 100 students at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School, about 38 are White, the largest group. It is also 32% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 52% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1, with 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School. The average for public schools in Marion County is 60%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Jeremiah Gray Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is 4.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.1% versus 23.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school's county is Marion County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Marion County number 274, with about 161,456 students.
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School's nearest public school is Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 43 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 19.6:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Township Schools
- Perry Meridian High SchoolHigh · 2,455 students
- Southport High SchoolHigh · 2,431 students
- Southport Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,304 students
- Perry Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Mary Bryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 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
- Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten0.0 mi · 417
- South Grove Elementary School1.2 mi · 586
- Clinton Young Elementary School1.2 mi · 595
- Southport Middle School1.4 mi · 1,304
- Southport 6th Grade Academy1.5 mi · 643
- Hornet Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Jeremiah Gray Elementary SchoolHow large is Jeremiah Gray Elementary School?
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Jeremiah Gray Elementary School serve?
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jeremiah Gray Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 32% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jeremiah Gray Elementary School?
Jeremiah Gray Elementary School is overseen by Perry Township Schools in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.