Lynwood Elementary

Lynwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of MSD Decatur Township. The school caters to 583 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Lynwood Elementary sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

MSD Decatur Township comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,485 students; Lynwood Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lynwood Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Black, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lynwood Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Lynwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lynwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.2%; this one delivers 18.2%.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Lynwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade Center, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lynwood Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lynwood Elementary's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 613 (now 583). White enrollment moved from 70% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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