Paramount Brookside

Paramount Brookside is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Paramount Brookside, with 843 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 93% bigger than typical.

Paramount Brookside sits inside Paramount Brookside, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Paramount Brookside logs that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Paramount Brookside higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Paramount Brookside qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paramount Brookside sits in the top 10% of Indiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.4%; actual is 44.2%, +18.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Paramount Brookside is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paramount Brookside. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paramount Brookside at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

Paramount Brookside operates from an inner-city location. Paramount Brookside operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paramount Brookside has increased 13%, going from 744 students in 2018 to 843 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 27% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.