Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000897
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14
1250 E Market St, Indianapolis, IN 46202 · (317) 226-4214 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
178 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 | 37 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
59%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
10.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
12.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 this school | 230 | 77.4% | 9.7% |
| Dickinson Academy South Bend | 309 | 75.4% | 6.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School East Chicago | 282 | 75.9% | 13.6% |
| Tindley Summit Academy Indianapolis | 312 | 74.7% | 9.8% |
| Louis B Russell Jr School 48 Indianapolis | 274 | 79.2% | 14.2% |
| Lincoln School Evansville | 280 | 75.7% | 9.4% |
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 Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #953 of 983 | #130 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #936 of 986 | #125 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #957 of 986 | #129 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #963 of 1,079 | #139 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #143 of 991 | #27 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #308 of 996 | #94 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #63 of 1,058 | #23 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.0% | #13 of 597 | #3 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
230
-221 (-49%) vs 2017
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.3:1
% White
12%
was 26%
% Hispanic
19%
was 14%
% Black
60%
was 54%
% Asian
0%
was 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 | 230 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 77% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 20.5 | 16.4:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 27.7 | 16.3:1 | 80% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 83% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 83% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 94% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14.
About Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is an elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it is part of Indianapolis Public Schools. It enrolled 230 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students each.
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is part of Indianapolis Public Schools, where 49 schools serve 21,055 students.
Black students make up a majority at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14, at 60%. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 12% White, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Marion County is about 27% Black. Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 77%. The rate at public schools in Marion County averages 60%, lower than here.
On BeatsExpectations, Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is 11.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
Census estimates describe Marion County this way: the median household income is $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14, Marion County has 273 other public schools.
Arsenal Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 holds at least 8 other public schools. Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 9.7% against a local average of 36.8%.
NCES describes the area around Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2017-18, federal data counted 451 students at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14; in 2024-25, 230. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The White share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 12% over the same period. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.3:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.
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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 Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14How large is Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14?
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 enrolls approximately 230 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 serve?
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is approximately 12.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14?
At Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14, the student body is approximately 12% White, 19% Hispanic, 60% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 public or private?
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools.
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