Summary:
Paramount Cottage Home is the only school in this Paramount Cottage Home area of Indianapolis, a single K–5 elementary campus with 381 students. Because the Paramount Cottage Home district contains just this one school, district results and school results are identical, and there are no middle or high schools in the area to compare against. The school is rated 4 stars and ranked 221 of 1,015 Indiana schools in 2025–2026, the 78th percentile — up from 317 of 1,005 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 — and it also beat its 2023–2024 mark of 72nd percentile. At the district level it ranks 50 of 374, the 87th percentile.
Academically, the school is strong across most subjects. In 2025–2026 it posted 65.36% proficiency in ELA, 64.25% in Math, and 52.54% in Science across all grades. Fourth grade is the standout: 74.58% proficient in ELA versus 42.2% statewide, and 77.97% in Math versus 52.0% statewide. Third grade ELA (57.35% vs. 40.8%), fifth grade ELA (65.38% vs. 42.2%), and third grade Math (64.71% vs. 51.9%) are also comfortably above state averages. Science made the biggest jump year over year, rising from 29.49% to 52.54%. The clear weak spot is fifth grade Social Studies at 26.92% proficient against a state rate of 47.2% — roughly 20 points below — and fifth grade Math is the narrowest math advantage at 48.08% versus 42.0%.
Two other numbers matter for families. Chronic absenteeism is 35.5%, compared with 16.7% statewide — more than one in three students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, about 2.1 times the state rate, even as test scores stayed high. About 67.98% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending was $9,750 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio is 22.4, with no state comparison provided for those last two figures. The bottom line: this is a high-performing, 4-star elementary school with excellent ELA and Math results, especially in 4th grade, a large recent Science gain, and improvement still needed in 5th grade Social Studies and attendance.
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