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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS·NCES 180120002185
West Clay Elementary School
3495 W 126 St, Carmel, IN 46032 · (317) 733-6500 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A-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
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
25 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
59%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
82.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
88.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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
85.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 West Clay Elementary School
West Clay Elementary School's state test result (85.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Clay Elementary School this school | 580 | 4.3% | 85.4% |
| College Wood Elementary School Carmel | 616 | 5.5% | 82.8% |
| Prairie Trace Elementary School Carmel | 715 | 11.0% | 79.9% |
| Southeastern Elementary School Fishers | 773 | 12.8% | 70.2% |
| Southside Elementary School Columbus | 891 | 21.0% | 60.3% |
| Smoky Row Elementary School Carmel | 692 | 7.7% | 78.4% |
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 West Clay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #3 of 983 | #1 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #4 of 986 | #1 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #2 of 986 | #1 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #212 of 1,079 | #26 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #471 of 991 | #14 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #310 of 996 | #9 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #1,055 of 1,058 | #39 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #104 of 597 | #6 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
580
-247 (-30%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 580 | 38.8 | 14.9:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 37.7 | 16.2:1 | 5% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 37.5 | 16.0:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 39 | 21.2:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 37 | 20.7:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 38 | 20.4:1 | 2% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Clay Elementary School.
About West Clay Elementary School
West Clay Elementary School is one of the public schools in Carmel, Indiana. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 580 students. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Carmel Clay Schools counts 16,145 students in its 15 schools, and West Clay Elementary School is one of them.
The largest group at West Clay Elementary School is White students, at 53%. Smaller groups are 36% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 80% of Hamilton County residents are White. The diversity index for West Clay Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
West Clay Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1, with 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 4% at West Clay Elementary School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hamilton County is 21%.
On the allk12 Grade, West Clay Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Indiana public elementary schools.
In Indiana, West Clay Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 85.4% actual against a predicted 72.5%.
The school is in Hamilton County, where the median household earns about $121,530 a year, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Hamilton County, 69 public schools serve about 63,065 students.
Measured in a straight line, Creekside Middle School is about 0.3 miles from West Clay Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. West Clay Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, West Clay Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 580, compared with 827 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 21.2 in 2020-21 to 14.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for West Clay Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Other West Clay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named West Clay Elementary. West Clay Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- West Clay Elementary SchoolCedar Bluff, MS · 111 students
Nearby schools
- Creekside Middle School0.3 mi · 1,428
- College Wood Elementary School0.3 mi · 616
- Towne Meadow Elementary School1.6 mi · 527
- Clay Center Elementary School2.0 mi · 666
- Smoky Row Elementary School2.6 mi · 692
- Union Elementary School2.8 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About West Clay Elementary SchoolHow many students attend West Clay Elementary School?
West Clay Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does West Clay Elementary School serve?
West Clay Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does West Clay Elementary School have?
West Clay Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is West Clay Elementary School?
West Clay Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 36% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees West Clay Elementary School?
West Clay Elementary School is overseen by Carmel Clay Schools in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.