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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS·NCES 180120000036
Smoky Row Elementary School
900 W 136th St, Carmel, IN 46032 · (317) 571-4084 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
53 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 22 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
74.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
83.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Smoky Row Elementary School
Smoky Row Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Row Elementary School this school | 692 | 7.7% | 78.4% |
| Prairie Trace Elementary School Carmel | 715 | 11.0% | 79.9% |
| Towne Meadow Elementary School Carmel | 527 | 9.3% | 74.2% |
| Southeastern Elementary School Fishers | 773 | 12.8% | 70.2% |
| Northpoint Elementary School Granger | 577 | 13.5% | 83.6% |
| Boone Meadow Whitestown | 545 | 12.3% | 73.7% |
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 Smoky Row Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #16 of 983 | #6 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #14 of 986 | #4 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #17 of 986 | #6 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #87 of 1,079 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #446 of 991 | #13 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #430 of 996 | #22 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #1,050 of 1,058 | #37 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #434 of 597 | #18 of 23 |
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
692
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 692 | 46.8 | 14.8:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 39.7 | 16.6:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 42.2 | 16.0:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 32 | 23.0:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 34 | 20.2:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 1% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smoky Row Elementary School.
About Smoky Row Elementary School
Smoky Row Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Carmel, Indiana. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 692 students. That is 59% larger than the average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Smoky Row Elementary School is one school in Carmel Clay Schools, a system of 15 schools with 16,145 students.
The largest group at Smoky Row Elementary School is White students, at 66%. Other groups make up 21% Asian, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 80% of Hamilton County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Smoky Row Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.8 students per teacher, from 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 0.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Smoky Row Elementary School, 8% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points below the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Smoky Row Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Smoky Row Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.4% is 8.3 points above the 70.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Hamilton County show median household income comes to about $121,530, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 69 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,065, Smoky Row Elementary School among them.
Smoky Row Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Clay Center Elementary School, its nearest public school. Smoky Row Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 74.5% on proficiency, and Smoky Row Elementary School is above that at 78.4%.
The NCES locale for Smoky Row Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 685 in 2020-21 and 692 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.8:1, from 20.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carmel Clay Schools
- Carmel High SchoolHigh · 5,239 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,428 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,415 students
- Carmel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,047 students
- Prairie Trace Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Cherry Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Carmel
- Carmel High SchoolHigh · 5,239 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,428 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,415 students
- Carmel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,047 students
- Prairie Trace Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Cherry Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
Nearby schools
- Clay Center Elementary School1.7 mi · 666
- Carmel Middle School1.8 mi · 1,047
- Shamrock Springs Elementary School2.3 mi · 656
- West Clay Elementary School2.6 mi · 580
- Creekside Middle School2.8 mi · 1,428
- Carmel High School2.8 mi · 5,239
Frequently asked questions
About Smoky Row Elementary SchoolHow large is Smoky Row Elementary School?
Smoky Row Elementary School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Smoky Row Elementary School serve?
Smoky Row Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Smoky Row Elementary School have?
Smoky Row Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Smoky Row Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smoky Row Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 21% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Smoky Row Elementary School in?
Smoky Row Elementary School is part of Carmel Clay Schools.
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