Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14

Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 operates as a compact elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Indianapolis Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 230 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Indianapolis Public Schools comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 21,055 students; Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 shows that Black students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 12% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is one.

Arsenal Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14's enrollment has shrank 49% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 230). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 26% to 12%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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