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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WARREN TOWNSHIP·NCES 181236001967
Lowell Elementary School
2150 Hunter Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46239 · (317) 532-3900 · Marion County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
338 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (88).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
29.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
36.9%
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 37 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Lowell Elementary School
Lowell Elementary School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Elementary School this school | 466 | 72.5% | 33.3% |
| Glenwood Leadership Academy Evansville | 436 | 75.2% | 8.4% |
| Northaven Elementary School Jeffersonville | 544 | 71.5% | 33.2% |
| Pine Elementary School Michigan City | 396 | 73.5% | 30.3% |
| Joy Elementary School Michigan City | 416 | 68.5% | 31.8% |
| Tenth Street Elementary School Anderson | 529 | 70.5% | 18.6% |
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 Lowell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #653 of 983 | #42 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #648 of 986 | #42 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #689 of 986 | #48 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #456 of 1,079 | #79 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #465 of 991 | #73 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #35 of 996 | #15 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #116 of 1,058 | #36 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #276 of 597 | #53 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
466
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 466 | 31.3 | 14.9:1 | 73% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 32.5 | 14.8:1 | 71% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 30.6 | 14.6:1 | 73% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 59 | 7.7:1 | 71% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 26 | 20.8:1 | 71% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 26 | 22.0:1 | 69% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 64% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 26% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Elementary School.
About Lowell Elementary School
Lowell Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school serves 466 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
MSD Warren Township is the district for Lowell Elementary School. It has 15 schools and 11,915 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Lowell Elementary School, at 35%. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Marion County's residents are about 52% White, 17 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Lowell Elementary School operates with 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.9:1. That is close to the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. About 73% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Marion County is 13 points.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Lowell Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.2% for Lowell Elementary School. The school posts 33.3%, 9.0 points above the prediction.
Lowell Elementary School is located in Marion County, where the median household income is $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Lowell Elementary School, Marion County has 273 other public schools.
Liberty Park Elementary School is the public school closest to Lowell Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Lowell Elementary School is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 456 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 466. The number of students per teacher rose from 7.7 to 14.9 over 4 years.
Discussions about Lowell Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 MSD Warren Township
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Creston Intermediate & Middle SchlMiddle · 1,106 students
- Raymond Park Intermediate & MiddleMiddle · 1,079 students
- Stonybrook Intermediate & MiddleMiddle · 1,043 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 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
Other Lowell Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Lowell Elementary. Lowell Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 25.
- Lowell ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 609 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 538 students
- Lowell ElementaryEverett, WA · 531 students
- LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOWELL, AR · 451 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 443
- Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle1.9 mi · 1,079
- Excel Center - Southeast1.9 mi · 273
- Irvington Community Elementary School2.0 mi · 402
- Irvington Preparatory Academy2.0 mi · 326
- Victory College Prep2.0 mi · 1,058
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell Elementary SchoolHow large is Lowell Elementary School?
Lowell Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Lowell Elementary School serve?
Lowell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell Elementary School?
At Lowell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 21% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Lowell Elementary School in?
Lowell Elementary School is part of MSD Warren Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.