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MSD Lawrence Township

Indianapolis, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

16,747
Students enrolled
17
Public schools
927
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 550
  • Kindergarten 1,136
  • Grade 1 1,191
  • Grade 2 1,205
  • Grade 3 1,231
  • Grade 4 1,236
  • Grade 5 1,270
  • Grade 6 1,138
  • Grade 7 1,250
  • Grade 8 1,224
  • Grade 9 1,362
  • Grade 10 1,343
  • Grade 11 1,348
  • Grade 12 1,250
  • Ungraded 13

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 45%
  • Hispanic/Latino 32%
  • White 15%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 8,906 of 16,121 students in the 15 of its 16 schools that report
  • Free lunch 52%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

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

$14,203 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,166
  • Support services $5,179
  • Other (food service, etc.) $858

Where the money comes from

  • Local 41%
  • State 47%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $341.7 milliontotal spending $304.3 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)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 63% suburb, 37% city

Total staff (FTE)

2,012

District office

6501 Sunnyside Rd, Indianapolis IN 46236

County

Marion County

Official website

NCES District ID

1805670

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About MSD Lawrence Township

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

The ninth largest school district in the state, the MSD of Lawrence Township serves just under 16,000 students. Throughout Indiana, Lawrence Township is recognized as a “lighthouse” school district, a reputation built over the years based on the district’s award-winning staff, high-achieving students, supportive community, innovative educational programs, and nationally recognized character education initiative. Located in the northeast corner of the greater Indianapolis area, Lawrence is a residential suburban community of 95,000+ and home to Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park and Geist Reservoir. With families from widely diverse cultural, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds, the Lawrence community values and embraces diversity as one of its greatest strengths.
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