Mary Bryan Elementary School

Mary Bryan Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Perry Township Schools, educateing 644 students in grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Perry Township Schools runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 16,243 students. Mary Bryan Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mary Bryan Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

On the resource side, Mary Bryan Elementary School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mary Bryan Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 35.0%.

In the area at large, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Mary Bryan Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southport Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mary Bryan Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 35%: 984 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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