Maplewood Elementary School

Located at 1643 Dunlap Ave, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Maplewood Elementary School is a well-populated K-5 school that educates 714 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within MSD Wayne Township. That puts it 64% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

MSD Wayne Township runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 16,094 students. Maplewood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Maplewood Elementary School logs that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Maplewood Elementary School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maplewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 17.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Maplewood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Achieve Virtual Education Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maplewood Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maplewood Elementary School has contracted 12%, going from 813 students in 2018 to 714 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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