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Does Westlake Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WAYNE TOWNSHIP·NCES 181281002042
Westlake Elementary School
271 N Sigsbee St, Indianapolis, IN 46214 · (317) 988-6900 · Marion County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
461 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
19.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
16.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Westlake Elementary School
Westlake Elementary School's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Elementary School this school | 736 | 62.6% | 18.0% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Indianapolis | 692 | 64.7% | 21.0% |
| Annie Burns-Hicks Elementary School Hammond | 622 | 56.9% | 9.1% |
| North Wayne Elementary School Indianapolis | 837 | 61.9% | 12.9% |
| Frank O'Bannon Elementary School Hammond | 557 | 56.4% | 13.6% |
| Edison School of the Arts 47 Indianapolis | 617 | 62.6% | 17.0% |
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 Westlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #868 of 983 | #91 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #908 of 986 | #113 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #849 of 986 | #86 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #56 of 1,079 | #16 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #347 of 991 | #56 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #290 of 996 | #91 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #300 of 1,058 | #86 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #367 of 597 | #63 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
736
+51 (+7%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 736 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 63% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 673 | 46.5 | 14.5:1 | 77% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 44.5 | 14.6:1 | 66% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 79 | 8.7:1 | 69% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 45.3 | 17.9:1 | 76% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 75% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 39 | 21.7:1 | 67% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 40 | 21.5:1 | 45% (386) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 37 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westlake Elementary School.
About Westlake Elementary School
In Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Marion County, Westlake Elementary School is an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 736 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Indiana enroll about 436 students on average.
Westlake Elementary School is part of a district of 17 schools: MSD Wayne Township, with 16,094 students.
More than half of the students at Westlake Elementary School are Black (52%). Next come 36% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Black among all Marion County residents. The diversity index for Westlake Elementary School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.3:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 1.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Marion County is similar, at 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Westlake Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 8% of Indiana public elementary schools.
A school with Westlake Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 31.2%. Westlake Elementary School scores 18.0%, 13.2 points below that line.
The school's county is Marion County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 274 public schools in the county, enrolling about 161,456, Westlake Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Westlake Elementary School is Chapelwood Elementary School, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westlake Elementary School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Westlake Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Westlake Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 685 to 736, a 7% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.7:1 to 14.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Westlake Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Wayne Township
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 1,243 students
- Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,143 students
- Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,135 students
- Robey Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Chapel Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Westlake Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westlake Elementary. Westlake Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Westlake Elementary SchoolWestlake, OH · 1,215 students
- Westlake ElementaryWestlake Village, CA · 512 students
- Westlake ElementarySanta Cruz, CA · 453 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolBATTLE CREEK, MI · 349 students
- Westlake ElementaryDaly City, CA · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Chapelwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 776
- Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center1.0 mi · 1,143
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center1.2 mi · 1,243
- Ben Davis High School1.2 mi · 3,315
- McClelland Elementary School1.4 mi · 809
- Ben Davis University High School1.4 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Westlake Elementary SchoolHow large is Westlake Elementary School?
Westlake Elementary School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Westlake Elementary School serve?
Westlake Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westlake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westlake Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westlake Elementary School?
At Westlake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 36% Hispanic, 52% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Westlake Elementary School public or private?
Westlake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Wayne Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.