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Indianapolis Public Schools
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns
Serves Center, Wayne and Washington, and parts of Lawrence, Perry and Warren.
Students
21,055
Schools
50
Spent per student
$22,943
IN $13,688
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
60%
Debt
$518.4M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Indianapolis Public Schools
- School Grade D: better than 14% of Indiana districts
- Math proficiency 22 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 23 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 15 pts below the state
- Spends 68% more per student than the IN average
- 12 students per teacher
- Debt of $518.4M, about $24,623 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Markleville.
PK–63 schoolsSouth Madison Community School Corporation
7–8Pendleton Heights Middle SchoolSouth Madison Community School Corporation
9–12Pendleton Heights High SchoolSouth Madison Community School Corporation
Test scores vs. IN
2020–21Math proficiency14%
State average 35.8%
Reading / language arts20%
State average 42.6%
Graduation rate (4-year)76%
State average 90.9%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$22,943 per student · 68% above IN
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 47%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 36%State 46%Federal 18%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
21,082’20
20,472’21
20,688’22
21,863’23
21,055’24
About steady.
Students
Black 38%Hispanic 37%White 18%Two or more races 6%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
50 public schools.
Edison School of the Arts 47
D617 students17:1
Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School 15
D−525 students13:1
Rousseau McClellan School 91 - a Montessori School
C506 students16:1
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School
D472 students13:1
Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School
D−451 students11:1
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory School
D440 students13:1
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School
D−416 students14:1
Charles Warren Fairbanks School 105 - an Exploratory School
D−398 students13:1
Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory School
D391 students12:1
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School
C−386 students14:1
William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School
C+381 students10:1
Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School
D−366 students12:1
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School
D−363 students12:1
Sankofa School of Success at Arlington Woods School 99
D−361 students21:1
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for Inquiry
A360 students13:1
Cold Spring School
D359 students13:1
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for Inquiry
B351 students14:1
Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry
C−348 students10:1
Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School
D−328 students10:1
Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School
D−326 students14:1
Robert Lee Frost School 106 - a STEM School
D−308 students16:1
Benjamin Harrison School 2 Center for Inquiry
B303 students12:1
Eliza Baker School 55 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia School
D301 students14:1
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory School
D275 students12:1
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School
D268 students11:1
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School
D259 students11:1
Christian Park School 82 - an Exploratory School
D−251 students13:1
George Washington Carver School 87 - a Montessori School
C+246 students10:1
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School
D−241 students11:1
James Whitcomb Riley School 43
D−240 students9:1
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14
230 students13:1
Merle Sidener Academy 59 - a High Ability School
A+228 students11:1
Theodore Potter School 74 - a Dual Language School
D208 students9:1
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM School
D173 students7:1
George W. Julian School 57 Center for Inquiry
D165 students8:1
Broad Ripple Middle School - an IB World School
623 students12:1
Northwest Middle School - an IB World School
D−623 students12:1
H.W. Longfellow Middle School - an IB World School
D−538 students12:1
H. L. Harshman Middle School
D509 students14:1
Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School
455 students11:1
William Penn Middle School - a STEM School
D367 students10:1
Arlington Middle School - a STEM School
D−365 students12:1
Arsenal Technical High School
D2,360 students15:1
Crispus Attucks High School
D1,269 students17:1
Shortridge High School
C+1,206 students15:1
George Washington High School
D729 students15:1
Thrival Academy
0 students
Impact Academy 2
64 students2:1
Impact Academy 1
D−56 students2:1
Impact Academy 3
50 students1:1
Towns served
Nearby districts
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.