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Indianapolis Public Schools

Indianapolis, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

21,055
Students enrolled
50
Public schools
1,716
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 836
  • Kindergarten 1,757
  • Grade 1 1,811
  • Grade 2 1,767
  • Grade 3 1,832
  • Grade 4 1,765
  • Grade 5 1,752
  • Grade 6 1,238
  • Grade 7 1,334
  • Grade 8 1,273
  • Grade 9 1,430
  • Grade 10 1,521
  • Grade 11 1,405
  • Grade 12 1,284
  • Ungraded 50

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 38%
  • Hispanic/Latino 37%
  • White 18%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 12,467 of 20,941 students in the 47 of its 49 schools that report
  • Free lunch 58%
  • Reduced-price lunch 1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$22,943 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,194
  • Support services $10,877
  • Other (food service, etc.) $872

Where the money comes from

  • Local 36%
  • State 45%
  • Federal 18%

Total revenue $723.7 milliontotal spending $738.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

2,931

District office

120 E Walnut St, Indianapolis IN 46204

County

Marion County

Official website

NCES District ID

1804770

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About Indianapolis Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Indianapolis Public Schools is to prepare and empower all students for life
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