Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000903
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School
1733 Spann Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203 · (317) 226-4239 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
271 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 | 49 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
70%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
26.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School this school | 386 | 70.2% | 32.4% |
| Concord South Side Elementary Sch Elkhart | 394 | 71.3% | 32.4% |
| Vinton Elementary School Lafayette | 387 | 74.4% | 35.8% |
| Franke Park Elementary School Fort Wayne | 416 | 72.8% | 28.8% |
| John I Meister Elementary School Hobart | 373 | 72.9% | 14.9% |
| Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School Indianapolis | 328 | 64.6% | 12.8% |
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 William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #668 of 983 | #46 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #597 of 986 | #37 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #754 of 986 | #55 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #638 of 1,079 | #103 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #349 of 991 | #57 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #85 of 996 | #28 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #157 of 1,058 | #49 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #196 of 597 | #44 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
386
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 70% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 32.3 | 12.5:1 | 61% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 76% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 46 | 9.0:1 | 75% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 23.1 | 20.5:1 | 82% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 80% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 88% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 91% (480) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 35 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School.
About William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 386 students in 2024-25.
Indianapolis Public Schools has a total of 49 schools and 21,055 students, William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School among them.
The largest group at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is White students, at 38%. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 52% White. The diversity index for William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School comes to 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1. William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School counts 70% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Marion County averages 60%, lower than here.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is 6.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 32.4%. Predicted: 25.9%.
The school is in Marion County, where the median household earns about $66,346 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School shares Marion County with 273 other public schools.
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is about 0.4 miles from H.W. Longfellow Middle School - an IB World School, its nearest public school. William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School at 1st of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 386 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 9.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory SchoolHow many students attend William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School?
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
Is William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School.
What is the student diversity at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School?
Student demographics at William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School are roughly 38% White, 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School?
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School is overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools in Marion County.
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