Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School

Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Indianapolis Public Schools, which oversees 49 schools and 21,055 students, Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School lists that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.7%; actual is 20.4%, a gap of -15.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 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), Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Enlace Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 77% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.