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Pleasant Run Elementary School

Public Grades K-4
718th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,015 Indiana Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of Indiana elementary schools
Summary

Pleasant Run Elementary School is a K–4 school in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving 561 students as part of MSD Warren Township, and it ranks 718th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools — the 29th percentile, with 1 star.

The school's clearest strengths are attendance and reading. Its chronic absenteeism rate was just 8.8% in 2024–2025, far below the district's 21.4% and the state's 16.7%, and the lowest of any nearby school — down from 37.2% in 2020–2021. In 2025–2026 all-grade English language arts, 39.11% of students were proficient, the top result among nearby schools and well above the district's 24.64%; Lakeside Elementary School posted 26.87% and Hawthorne Elementary School 17.22%. Fourth-grade ELA was especially strong at 48.48%, above the state's 42.2%.

Math and science are the biggest gaps. All-grade math proficiency was 30.69%, above the district's 21.67% but behind Circle City Preparatory Elementary School (45.39%), PLA at George H Fisher School 93 (36.74%), Hawthorne (35.76%) and Lakeside (31.34%); at the grade level, third- and fourth-grade math trailed the state by roughly 20 points. Science stood at 18.18% — near the district's 17.43% but far below the state's 43.8% for fourth grade. Notably, Pleasant Run reaches these relative strengths with the lowest reported per-student spending among nearby schools ($12,700) and a higher student-teacher ratio (15.8). Because Pleasant Run is K–4 while many neighbors are K–6, grade-level comparisons are the fairest. The improvement since 2022–2023 is real, but the school remains in the bottom third of the state with a 1-star rating.

561
Students ?
15.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,700
Per pupil spending ?
68.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1800 N Franklin Rd
       Indianapolis, IN  46219

(317) 532-3800

District: MSD Warren Township


Students who attend Pleasant Run Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle
High:    Warren Central High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.7%
Hispanic:
40.8%
White:
9.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 19th percentile in 2016 → 29th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg22%
718th of 1,015
Indiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 11 pts since 2016
From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 29% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 9Elementary Schools in the MSD Warren Township
315th of 374MSD Warren Township among Indiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202630.1718 of 101529.3%★☆☆☆☆
202517.8835 of 100516.9%★☆☆☆☆
202414.8870 of 101113.9%★☆☆☆☆
20236.6974 of 10164.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.2949 of 10207.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.1937 of 10167.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.1869 of 103115.7%★☆☆☆☆
201818.8869 of 102715.4%★☆☆☆☆
201710.5946 of 10338.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201626.0850 of 104618.7%★☆☆☆☆
201526.7836 of 104019.6%★☆☆☆☆
201415.6950 of 10368.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201347.5655 of 103536.7%★★☆☆☆
201218.6901 of 101511.2%★☆☆☆☆
201152.0599 of 102541.6%★★☆☆☆
201050.1603 of 100940.2%★★☆☆☆
200952.7565 of 100343.7%★★☆☆☆
200821.7854 of 99614.3%★☆☆☆☆
200733.1760 of 98522.8%★☆☆☆☆
200628.2783 of 96118.5%★☆☆☆☆
200523.6819 of 95914.6%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts39%
Math31%
Science18%

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Open Quote disrespectful, bad to my stepson, bad education, my stepson has ADHD. taking him away from that school ! that school failed to teach kids. they are full of failures. Close Quote





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Frequently Asked Questions about Pleasant Run Elementary School

Students who attend Pleasant Run Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle
High : Warren Central High School

Pleasant Run Elementary School ranks 718th of 1015 Indiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 561 students attended Pleasant Run Elementary School.

Students at Pleasant Run Elementary School are 44% African American, 41% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% Two or more races.

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Latest Indiana data All new data »
2025–26 ILEARN & SAT test scoresNewSep 25, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 5, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataSep 4, 2025
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJul 16, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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