Adelante Schools

Adelante Schools is a single-school district in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its only campus is Emma Donnan Elementary and Middle, a K–8 school at 1202 E Troy Ave with 451 students. It is classified as an elementary school but serves kindergarten through eighth grade, so families get one building for the whole span. Because the district contains just this one school, district-level results such as test scores, rankings, and absenteeism are the same as the school's. The student body is largely low-income: 81.37% qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending is $13,239 and the student-teacher ratio is 13.2; the data provided includes no state or peer comparisons for those two measures.

Academically, the picture is mixed with one clear bright spot. Fourth grade math is the standout: 69.05% of students were proficient, well above the state's 52%. Third grade math, at 47.17%, is close to the state's 51.9%. Across all grades, math is the strongest subject at 30.03% proficient, ahead of English language arts at 20.13% and science at 12.12%. Most other grade-level results fall well below state averages. Fifth grade is the weakest area across the board: social studies at 5.77% versus 47.2% statewide, math at 13.21% versus 42%, and ELA at 16.98% versus 42.2%. Sixth grade science (8.77% versus 41.2%) and seventh grade ELA (12.96%) are also far below the state, and eighth grade ELA, while the best ELA grade at 31.48%, still trails the state's 44%.

The school has ranked near the bottom of Indiana schools for three straight years — roughly the 18th to 21st percentile with a 1-star rating each year, and a district rank of 319 of 374. Chronic absenteeism is 19.7%, about 3 percentage points above the state's 16.7%. Year over year, math and science improved modestly while ELA slipped slightly, and fifth grade social studies stayed flat at 5.77% even as the state comparison rose, widening the gap.