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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180882002280
Mary Bryan Elementary School
4355 E Stop 11 Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46237 · (317) 789-2600 · Marion County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
485 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (116) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
31.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
41.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Mary Bryan Elementary School
Mary Bryan Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bryan Elementary School this school | 644 | 75.3% | 35.0% |
| Glenns Valley Elementary School Indianapolis | 533 | 70.0% | 43.1% |
| William Henry Burkhart Elementary Indianapolis | 449 | 76.8% | 41.3% |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Sch Indianapolis | 579 | 59.1% | 45.0% |
| Southport Elementary School Indianapolis | 450 | 82.0% | 34.7% |
| Prince Chapman Academy Fort Wayne | 819 | 83.8% | 14.5% |
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 Mary Bryan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #617 of 983 | #37 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #579 of 986 | #36 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #647 of 986 | #44 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #127 of 1,079 | #30 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #510 of 991 | #78 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #116 of 996 | #39 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #82 of 1,058 | #25 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #39 of 597 | #14 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
644
-356 (-36%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 644 | 42.6 | 15.1:1 | 75% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 44.1 | 14.8:1 | 71% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 912 | 57.3 | 15.9:1 | 71% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 1,000 | 55 | 18.2:1 | 73% (734) |
| 2017-18 | 984 | 48 | 20.5:1 | 69% (680) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 37 | 22.7:1 | 59% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 50% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 14% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 31 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Bryan Elementary School.
About Mary Bryan Elementary School
Mary Bryan Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school covers grades 1 through 5 and reported 644 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
Federal data list 21 schools in Perry Township Schools, with 16,243 students enrolled.
Asian students make up 46% of enrollment at Mary Bryan Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Marion County overall, about 4% of residents are Asian. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Mary Bryan Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Of all students at Mary Bryan Elementary School, 75% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Marion County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Mary Bryan Elementary School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Mary Bryan Elementary School is 12.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.0% versus 22.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
In Marion County, home to about 975,809 people, median household income comes to about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion County's 274 public schools enroll about 161,456 students and include Mary Bryan Elementary School.
Southport Elementary School is the nearest public school to Mary Bryan Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Mary Bryan Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mary Bryan Elementary School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 1,000 students in 2020-21 to 644 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.2:1 in 2020-21 to 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Perry Township Schools
- Perry Meridian High SchoolHigh · 2,455 students
- Southport High SchoolHigh · 2,431 students
- Southport Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,304 students
- Perry Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Southport 6th Grade AcademyMiddle · 643 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
Nearby schools
- Southport Elementary School1.4 mi · 450
- Greenwood Northeast Elementary Sch1.5 mi · 389
- Winchester Village Elementary1.8 mi · 546
- V O Isom Central Elem School2.3 mi · 381
- Homecroft Kindergarten2.4 mi · 359
- Homecroft Elementary School2.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Bryan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mary Bryan Elementary School?
Mary Bryan Elementary School enrolls approximately 644 students in grades 01-05.
Is Mary Bryan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mary Bryan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at Mary Bryan Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Mary Bryan Elementary School.
How diverse is Mary Bryan Elementary School?
Mary Bryan Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 46% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mary Bryan Elementary School public or private?
Mary Bryan Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perry Township Schools.
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