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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000864
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School
3307 Ashway Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46224 · (317) 226-4107 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
F
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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
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
262 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
10.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
24.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% 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 Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School this school | 440 | 59.5% | 13.9% |
| Charles Warren Fairbanks School 105 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 398 | 61.6% | 9.7% |
| Skiles Test Elementary School Indianapolis | 558 | 59.7% | 22.0% |
| East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy East Chicago | 424 | 63.7% | 28.3% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hammond | 565 | 61.2% | 13.6% |
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 Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #909 of 983 | #109 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #816 of 986 | #73 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #958 of 986 | #130 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #512 of 1,079 | #89 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #170 of 991 | #30 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #317 of 996 | #97 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #369 of 1,058 | #97 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #83 of 597 | #26 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
440
-95 (-18%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 440 | 33.5 | 13.1:1 | 60% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 57% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 32.5 | 14.2:1 | 75% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 66% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 81% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 82% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 84% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 78% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School.
About Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School
At 3307 Ashway Dr in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 440 students.
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is part of a district of 49 schools: Indianapolis Public Schools, with 21,055 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 42% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 14%. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 33.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.1:1. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 60%. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 60%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 13.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Indiana are predicted to post 33.4%, so the school is 19.5 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Marion County (population about 975,809), the median household income is $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is one of 274 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Excel Center - West, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School's average proficiency of 13.9% compares with 19.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is City: Large.
Enrollment declined 18% from its 2020-21 level of 535. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.4:1 to 13.1:1.
Community posts for Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School?
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School serve?
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School have?
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School?
Student demographics at Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School are roughly 1% White, 49% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School in?
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
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