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What's the biggest difference between Oaklandon Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180567001033
Oaklandon Elementary School
6702 Oaklandon Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46236 · (317) 964-4800 · Marion County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
262 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (90) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
31.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Oaklandon Elementary School
Oaklandon Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklandon Elementary School this school | 507 | 51.7% | 30.4% |
| Crestview Elementary School Indianapolis | 591 | 52.6% | 32.6% |
| Eagle Creek Elementary School Indianapolis | 533 | 51.2% | 32.9% |
| Jonas E Salk Elementary School Merrillville | 565 | 52.4% | 42.8% |
| Greenbriar Elementary School Indianapolis | 509 | 54.6% | 28.2% |
| William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School Indianapolis | 381 | 56.4% | 20.9% |
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 Oaklandon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #708 of 983 | #50 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #734 of 986 | #54 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #661 of 986 | #45 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #362 of 1,079 | #68 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #641 of 991 | #94 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #199 of 996 | #69 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #564 of 1,058 | #121 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #229 of 597 | #51 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
507
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 507 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 52% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 71% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 29.5 | 16.4:1 | 67% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 67% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 66% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 58% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 59% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 28% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 36 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oaklandon Elementary School.
About Oaklandon Elementary School
Oaklandon Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. In all, 507 students attend the school in grades 1 through 6.
MSD Lawrence Township has a total of 16 schools and 16,747 students, Oaklandon Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Oaklandon Elementary School is Black: 53%. Other groups include 21% White, 14% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. The county population is about 27% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oaklandon Elementary School scores 64%.
The school's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 15.5:1. At Oaklandon Elementary School, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Oaklandon Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Oaklandon Elementary School scores 30.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.0%.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oaklandon Elementary School, Marion County has 274 public schools.
The closest school to Oaklandon Elementary School is Early Learning Center, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oaklandon Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oaklandon Elementary School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 507, starting from 519. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.8:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Oaklandon Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 MSD Lawrence Township
- Lawrence North High SchoolHigh · 2,799 students
- Lawrence Central High SchoolHigh · 2,517 students
- Fall Creek Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,355 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 1,313 students
- Belzer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Forest Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 971 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
- Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 1,313
- Sunnyside Elementary School0.7 mi · 714
- Amy Beverland Elementary1.7 mi · 800
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 712
- Fall Creek Valley Middle School2.1 mi · 1,355
- Forest Glen Elementary School2.2 mi · 971
Frequently asked questions
About Oaklandon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oaklandon Elementary School?
Oaklandon Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does Oaklandon Elementary School serve?
Oaklandon Elementary School serves grades 01-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oaklandon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oaklandon Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oaklandon Elementary School?
At Oaklandon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Oaklandon Elementary School?
Oaklandon Elementary School is overseen by MSD Lawrence Township in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.