Pleasant Run Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Indianapolis, Indiana, Pleasant Run Elementary School works with 561 students from grades K through 4, one of the schools within MSD Warren Township. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Pleasant Run Elementary School sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Pleasant Run Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by MSD Warren Township, a district that enrolls 11,915 students overall.

Demographically, Pleasant Run Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Run Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Pleasant Run Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Excel Center - Shadeland, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Run Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasant Run Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 19.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 561 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 28% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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