Public schools in Carmel, IN

Carmel has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 16,834 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Carmel Clay Schools runs 15 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Carmel's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in CarmelDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Carmel Clay Schools1516,072$13,444
Indiana Agriculture and Technology1312$7,083
Options Schools1933$12,221

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Carmel, 5,928 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Carmel High School5,23916.810.3%Carmel Clay Schools
Indiana Agriculture and Technology441not reported10.9%Indiana Agriculture and Technology
Options Westfield24811.41.6%Options Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Carmel, 3,890 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Creekside Middle School1,42818.76.8%Carmel Clay Schools
Clay Middle School1,41517.411.2%Carmel Clay Schools
Carmel Middle School1,04713.615.4%Carmel Clay Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

11 elementary schools in Carmel, 7,016 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Prairie Trace Elementary School71515.08.4%Carmel Clay Schools
Cherry Tree Elementary School71115.712.1%Carmel Clay Schools
Carmel Elementary School70014.319.7%Carmel Clay Schools
Smoky Row Elementary School69214.86.9%Carmel Clay Schools
Clay Center Elementary School66613.89.6%Carmel Clay Schools
Forest Dale Elementary School63813.415.4%Carmel Clay Schools
Woodbrook Elementary School62814.09.6%Carmel Clay Schools
College Wood Elementary School61616.24.1%Carmel Clay Schools
West Clay Elementary School58014.92.2%Carmel Clay Schools
Mohawk Trails Elementary School54313.115.7%Carmel Clay Schools
One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Towne Meadow Elementary School52714.18.2%Carmel Clay Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Carmel's public schools compare with Indiana's

The median Carmel school has 14.6 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Indiana median of 14.8. 18% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 43% across the state. Its median school enrolls 666 students (state 456).

Carmel against Indiana, schools open in 2024-25 with students
CarmelIndiana
Median students per teacher14.614.8
Median school size (students)666456
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)18%43%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%38%
Charter schools12%6.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Carmel schools and the 1,822 Indiana schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Carmel

  1. Carmel Clay SchoolsRuns 15 of Carmel's 17 public schools and spent $13,444 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,444
  2. Carmel High School, the largest high school in Carmel5,239 students in 2024-25, 16.8 per teacher.5,239
  3. Compare Carmel Clay Schools with Indiana Agriculture and TechnologyCarmel's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IndianaIndiana's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Carmel addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Indiana

  1. Indianapolis219 schools
  2. Fort Wayne74 schools
  3. Evansville40 schools
  4. South Bend35 schools
  5. Elkhart29 schools
  6. Bloomington26 schools
  7. Lafayette24 schools
  8. Valparaiso23 schools

Questions about schools in Carmel

  1. How many public schools are in Carmel, IN?
    17 public schools with an address in Carmel were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 16,834 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Carmel?
    Carmel High School, with 5,239 students in 2024-25 (Carmel Clay Schools).
  3. Which districts run Carmel's schools?
    Carmel Clay Schools (15 schools), Indiana Agriculture and Technology (1 school), Options Schools (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .