Skiles Test Elementary School

Skiles Test Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Lawrence Township, with 558 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Skiles Test Elementary School sits 28% above that benchmark.

Within MSD Lawrence Township, which oversees 16 schools and 16,747 students, Skiles Test Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Skiles Test Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 38% Black, 13% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Skiles Test Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Skiles Test Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Crestview Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Skiles Test Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Skiles Test Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 23.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Skiles Test Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 558). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 67% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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