Monon Trail Elementary School

Monon Trail Elementary School is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in Westfield, Indiana, run under Westfield-Washington Schools, with 767 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

Monon Trail Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Westfield-Washington Schools, a district that caters to 10,124 students overall.

Demographically, Monon Trail Elementary School lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Hamilton County's rate of about 21%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monon Trail Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.1%; Monon Trail Elementary School posts 69.9%, +14.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Hamilton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Monon Trail Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students).

Nearest neighbor: Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monon Trail Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monon Trail Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Monon Trail Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monon Trail Elementary School has grew 61%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 767 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Monon Trail Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.