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What's the most underrated thing about Paramount Brookside that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
843
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMOUNT BROOKSIDE·NCES 180008602478
Paramount Brookside
3020 Nowland Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46201 · (317) 775-6660 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest 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
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
597 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
49.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% 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 19 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Paramount Brookside
Paramount Brookside's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Brookside this school | 843 | 70.8% | 44.2% |
| Chapelwood Elementary School Indianapolis | 776 | 69.5% | 24.3% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Indianapolis | 692 | 64.7% | 21.0% |
| Chapel Glen Elementary School Indianapolis | 843 | 60.7% | 13.4% |
| Success Academy Primary School South Bend | 610 | 75.6% | 18.2% |
| Lakeside Elementary School Indianapolis | 527 | 69.4% | 27.8% |
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 Paramount Brookside ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #429 of 983 | #25 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #373 of 986 | #22 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #266 of 986 | #17 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #19 of 1,079 | #4 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #987 of 991 | #140 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #202 of 996 | #70 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #145 of 1,058 | #46 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #135 of 353 | #12 of 35 |
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
843
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+127% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 843 | 33 | 25.6:1 | 71% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 39 | 21.9:1 | 78% (666) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 34 | 23.6:1 | 81% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 842 | 45 | 18.7:1 | 74% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 34 | 21.9:1 | 86% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 84% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 84% (311) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paramount Brookside.
About Paramount Brookside
Paramount Brookside is an elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, reachable at (317) 775-6660. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 843 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Indiana enroll about 436 students on average.
Paramount Brookside is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Black students are 53% of those enrolled at Paramount Brookside. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 14% White, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Marion County's population at about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.6:1. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Roughly 71% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 60% average for public schools in Marion County.
On the allk12 Grade, Paramount Brookside lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Indiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Paramount Brookside ranks in the top 10% in Indiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.2%, against a prediction of 25.4%.
For the population of Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
Paramount Brookside's closest public school neighbor is Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Paramount Brookside at 2nd of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Federal data show 842 students in 2020-21 and 843 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 18.7:1 in 2020-21 and 25.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Paramount Brookside can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
- Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School0.3 mi · 366
- Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School 150.9 mi · 525
- James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School1.0 mi · 363
- Theodore Potter School 74 - a Dual Language School1.1 mi · 208
- H. L. Harshman Middle School1.1 mi · 509
- KIPP Indy Legacy High1.2 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Paramount BrooksideHow large is Paramount Brookside?
Paramount Brookside enrolls approximately 843 students in grades KG-08.
Is Paramount Brookside an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paramount Brookside is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paramount Brookside?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paramount Brookside is approximately 25.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Paramount Brookside?
Student demographics at Paramount Brookside are roughly 14% White, 23% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Paramount Brookside?
Paramount Brookside is overseen by Paramount Brookside in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.