Enrollment
381
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMOUNT COTTAGE HOME·NCES 180019602643
Paramount Cottage Home
1203 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 · (463) 231-2880 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
22.4:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
259 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
54%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
56.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
63.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% 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 22 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 Cottage Home
Paramount Cottage Home's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Cottage Home this school | 381 | 68.0% | 49.1% |
| Muessel Elementary School South Bend | 295 | 68.8% | 5.3% |
| Coquillard Elementary School South Bend | 305 | 63.6% | 3.3% |
| Brookview Elementary School Indianapolis | 507 | 68.6% | 23.9% |
| Lake Hills Elementary School Michigan City | 345 | 73.0% | 17.5% |
| Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School Indianapolis | 326 | 68.4% | 10.4% |
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 Cottage Home ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #316 of 983 | #18 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #208 of 986 | #12 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #163 of 986 | #10 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #655 of 1,079 | #104 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #982 of 991 | #139 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #377 of 996 | #108 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #200 of 1,058 | #69 of 152 |
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
381
+151 (+66%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 381 | 17 | 22.4:1 | 68% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 75% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 75% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 78% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paramount Cottage Home.
About Paramount Cottage Home
Paramount Cottage Home is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school serves 381 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
In federal data, the district for Paramount Cottage Home is the school itself.
Roughly 64% of students at Paramount Cottage Home are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 12% White, and 11% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Paramount Cottage Home's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 17 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.4:1. That is higher than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Eligible students account for 68% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Paramount Cottage Home is A-. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Paramount Cottage Home is 21.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Indiana.
County data help place the school in context: in Marion County, the median household income is $66,346, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Marion County is home to 274 public schools and about 161,456 public school students.
The closest public school to Paramount Cottage Home is Paramount Online Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Paramount Cottage Home is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Paramount Cottage Home comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Paramount Cottage Home as a charter school.
Federal records list enrollment at Paramount Cottage Home as 230 in 2020-21 and 381 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 13.5:1 in 2020-21 and 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Paramount Cottage Home, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Paramount Cottage HomeHow large is Paramount Cottage Home?
Paramount Cottage Home enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
Is Paramount Cottage Home an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paramount Cottage Home is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paramount Cottage Home?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paramount Cottage Home is approximately 22.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paramount Cottage Home?
At Paramount Cottage Home, the student body is approximately 12% White, 13% Hispanic, 64% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is Paramount Cottage Home public or private?
Paramount Cottage Home is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Paramount Cottage Home.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.