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Indianapolis Public Schools
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns
Serves Center Township, Wayne Township and Washington Township, and parts of Lawrence Township, Perry Township and Warren Township.
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 Williams.
K–65 schoolsNorth Lawrence Community Schools
7–82 middle schoolsNorth Lawrence Community Schools
9–12Bedford-North Lawrence High SchoolNorth Lawrence Community Schools
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
Compare spending and schools next door.
Mount Vernon Community School CorporationBuck Creek Township, McCordsville, Vernon Township
$12,230per student
Franklin Township Community School CorporationFranklin Township
$11,246per student
Hamilton Southeastern SchoolsDelaware Township, Fall Creek Township, Fishers
$12,846per student
Carmel Clay SchoolsCarmel, Clay Township
$13,433per student
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.