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Monon Trail Elementary School
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 175 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (136).
School pathway
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
Schools most like Monon Trail Elementary School
Monon Trail Elementary School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Trail Elementary School this school | 767 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Promise Road Elementary Noblesville | 810 | 32.2% | 48.7% |
| Washington Woods Elementary School Westfield | 691 | 24.6% | 55.3% |
| Deer Creek Elementary Noblesville | 613 | 25.3% | 64.9% |
| Burnett Creek Elementary School West Lafayette | 778 | 28.7% | 70.0% |
| James H Watson Elementary School Schererville | 660 | 23.8% | 59.0% |
Where Monon Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #52 of 983 | #14 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #18 of 986 | #5 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #108 of 986 | #26 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #41 of 1,079 | #6 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #932 of 991 | #39 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #324 of 996 | #10 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #926 of 1,058 | #10 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +61.5% | #17 of 353 | #2 of 13 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | 29% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 32% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 29% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 26% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 35% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 35% (69) |
About Monon Trail Elementary School
Monon Trail Elementary School is an elementary school located in Westfield, Indiana, in Hamilton County. It serves 767 students in kindergarten through 4. The average among elementary schools in Indiana is roughly 436 students; this school is 76% bigger than that.
Westfield-Washington Schools has 10 schools and 10,124 students, and Monon Trail Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 61% of students at Monon Trail Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Hamilton County, the White share is about 80%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 40 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.2:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher above the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Monon Trail Elementary School reports 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Hamilton County averages 21%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Monon Trail Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Indiana with Monon Trail Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 55.1%. Monon Trail Elementary School scores 69.9%.
Federal survey data for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 69 public schools in Hamilton County, enrolling about 63,065 students in all.
The school nearest to Monon Trail Elementary School is Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Monon Trail Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Monon Trail Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school counted 513 students in 2020-21 and 767 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio was 15.6:1 in 2020-21 and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
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