Enrollment
247
Elementary
STATE 436
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Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc
3920 Baker Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46235 · (317) 333-6980 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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
10.3:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
182 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 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
31%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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
19.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
13.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc
Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc this school | 247 | 73.7% | 14.2% |
| James Whitcomb Riley School 43 Indianapolis | 240 | 72.5% | 4.6% |
| Joshua Academy Evansville | 254 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| Higher Institute of Arts & Tech Merrillville | 259 | 79.5% | 11.1% |
| Louis B Russell Jr School 48 Indianapolis | 274 | 79.2% | 14.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School East Chicago | 282 | 75.9% | 13.6% |
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 Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #907 of 983 | #107 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #926 of 986 | #119 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #850 of 986 | #87 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #926 of 1,079 | #134 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #17 of 991 | #7 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #632 of 996 | #142 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #103 of 1,058 | #34 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #338 of 597 | #58 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
247
-50 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 247 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 74% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 22 | 8.2:1 | 78% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 78% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 81% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 83% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 15 | 21.7:1 | 78% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc.
About Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc
Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is a small elementary school based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school reports 247 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
The large majority of students at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc, 82%, are Black. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% White. Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
Federal data list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.3:1. Among elementary schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.5:1. The lunch program counts 74% of students at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Marion County average 60%.
allk12 grades Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc would score about 23.4%. It scores 14.2%, 9.2 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Marion County this way: median household income is about $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 274 public schools in Marion County, with a combined enrollment of about 161,456.
The school nearest to Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is Phalen at Francis Scott Key 103, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is a public charter school.
The number of students declined from 297 to 247 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 10.3:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Phalen Leadership Academy - IN IncHow large is Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc?
Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc serve?
Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is approximately 10.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc?
Student demographics at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc are roughly 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 82% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc in?
Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is part of Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc.
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