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How Forest Dale Elementary School compares
62% vs. 65% district avg
3 points below Carmel Clay Schools
62% vs. 49% Indiana avg
13 points above state average
652
Enrollment
15.5:1
Student:Teacher
62%
Proficiency Rate
23%
Free/Reduced Lunch

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About This School

Forest Dale Elementary School is a elementary school located in Carmel, Indiana. The school serves 652 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1.

According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.

23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Forest Dale Elementary School is part of the Carmel Clay Schools in Indiana.

How This School Compares

Forest Dale Elementary School has 652 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Carmel Clay Schools (1,071 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 65%. Compared to the Indiana state average of 49%, the school performs 13 points higher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Forest Dale Elementary School has 652 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1.

According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Forest Dale Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.

Forest Dale Elementary School is part of the Carmel Clay Schools in Carmel, Indiana. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.

All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.