Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000858
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School
6150 Gateway Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46254 · (317) 226-4109 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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
12.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
158 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
51%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
13.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
16.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School this school | 275 | 57.5% | 13.2% |
| Mary Beck Elementary School Elkhart | 385 | 54.5% | 8.2% |
| Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School Indianapolis | 268 | 66.8% | 17.6% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
| East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy East Chicago | 424 | 63.7% | 28.3% |
| Theodore Potter School 74 - a Dual Language School Indianapolis | 208 | 53.8% | 23.1% |
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 Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #922 of 983 | #114 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #901 of 986 | #109 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #933 of 986 | #119 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #881 of 1,079 | #127 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #82 of 991 | #21 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #434 of 996 | #124 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #418 of 1,058 | #105 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #533 of 597 | #80 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
275
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 275 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 57% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 23.3 | 13.0:1 | 61% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 22.3 | 13.0:1 | 77% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 31 | 9.3:1 | 67% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 19.5 | 14.5:1 | 80% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 73% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 83% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 72% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School.
About Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 275 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
District-wide, Indianapolis Public Schools has 49 schools and 21,055 students.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School. Next come 27% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Marion County residents. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School are from different groups.
The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School falls short of its prediction by 21.7 points. The model expects 34.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Indiana; the school's rate is 13.2%.
In the wider Marion County area, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School shares Marion County with 273 other public schools.
The closest school to Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School is Enlace Academy, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 12 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 9.3 to 12.0 over 4 years.
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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 Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory SchoolHow large is Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School?
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School serve?
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School is approximately 12.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School?
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School reports a student body of 3% White, 64% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School?
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School is overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools in Marion County.
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