Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000883
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School
321 N Linwood Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46201 · (317) 226-4258 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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
10.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
169 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
13.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School this school | 241 | 70.1% | 17.0% |
| Bethel Park Elementary | pilotED Schools Indianapolis | 225 | 68.0% | 13.3% |
| Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 259 | 71.8% | 8.4% |
| Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School Indianapolis | 326 | 68.4% | 10.4% |
| James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School Indianapolis | 363 | 71.3% | 5.0% |
| Dickinson Academy South Bend | 309 | 75.4% | 6.3% |
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 Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #883 of 983 | #98 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #831 of 986 | #80 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #927 of 986 | #116 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #941 of 1,079 | #136 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #37 of 991 | #12 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #171 of 996 | #57 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.1% | #160 of 1,058 | #51 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #73 of 597 | #23 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
241
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 241 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 70% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 25.5 | 10.3:1 | 60% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 82% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 26 | 9.3:1 | 79% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 31.1 | 10.8:1 | 87% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 20 | 18.7:1 | 84% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 85% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 87% (359) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School.
About Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School
Students in Indianapolis, Indiana, attend Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School, a small elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 241 students. That is 45% below the average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Indianapolis Public Schools runs Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School along with 48 other schools, enrolling 21,055 students in total.
The student body at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School has no majority group. Black students lead at 48%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 13% White, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 27% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is 10.9:1, based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. Lunch program data show 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Marion County report 60%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.9%.
In Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is about 0.5 miles from Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (242) and 2024-25 (241). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.9:1) than in 2020-21 (9.3:1).
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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 Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School?
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is approximately 10.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School?
Student demographics at Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School are roughly 13% White, 30% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School public or private?
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools.
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