William Henry Burkhart Elementary

William Henry Burkhart Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Perry Township Schools, serveing 449 students in grades 1 through 5.

Within Perry Township Schools, which oversees 21 schools and 16,243 students, William Henry Burkhart Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, William Henry Burkhart Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% White, 21% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 4% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, William Henry Burkhart Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William Henry Burkhart Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 21.2%; William Henry Burkhart Elementary posts 41.3%, +20.1 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which William Henry Burkhart Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Henry Burkhart Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Henry Burkhart Elementary has declined 39%, going from 733 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 10% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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