Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School

Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within Indianapolis Public Schools, with 440 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is one of 49 schools operated by Indianapolis Public Schools, a district that serves 21,055 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 42% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.4%; this one comes in at 13.9%, -19.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Excel Center - West, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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