Lowell Elementary School

Lowell Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Warren Township. Current enrollment sits at 466 students spanning grades K through 4.

MSD Warren Township runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 11,915 students. Lowell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lowell Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 31% Black, 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the resource side, Lowell Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lowell Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.2%; this one delivers 33.3%.

Across the wider county, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lowell Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Liberty Park Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lowell Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Lowell Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowell Elementary School has contracted 14%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 51% to 35%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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