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Indianapolis Public Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending

Indianapolis Public Schools runs 50 public schools with 21,055 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 3.2 lower than the Indiana figure of 15.5.

At a glance

Schools
50
Students
21,055
Teachers (FTE)
1,715
Students per teacher
12.3
IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
Address
120 E Walnut St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone
(317)226-4000
County
Marion County
Locale
City: Large
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
1804770
State district ID
IN-5385
Total staff (FTE)
2,931
School counselors (FTE)
30.0About 702 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
86.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district12.3
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (22,928), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$527.0 million
Federal revenue
$52.1 million
State revenue
$265.2 million
Local revenue
$209.7 million
Total spending
$541.8 million
Spending per pupil
$23,630
Salaries
$205.4 million37.9% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$379.6 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 9.9%
  • State: 50.3%
  • Local: 39.8%

Indiana overall

  • Federal: 9.4%
  • State: 55.5%
  • Local: 35.1%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$23,630
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826

Schools in Indianapolis Public Schools

By level: 5 high, 7 middle, 35 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 532613.6
Arlington Middle School - a STEM SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 836512.2
Arsenal Technical High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 122,36014.9
Benjamin Harrison School 2 Center for InquiryCEP schoolElementaryK to 530312.1
Broad Ripple Middle School - an IB World SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 862312.0
Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 536611.8
Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 547213.5
Charity Dye School 27 Center for InquiryCEP schoolElementaryPK to 534810.5
Charles Warren Fairbanks School 105 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 539813.3
Christian Park School 82 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 525112.6
Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 545111.6
Cold Spring SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 835913.3
Crispus Attucks High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,26917.1
Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 541613.9
Edison School of the Arts 47CEP schoolElementaryK to 861716.7
Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 53289.9
Eliza Baker School 55 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 530114.3
Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 526811.2
Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 525910.8
George W. Julian School 57 Center for InquiryCEP schoolElementaryPK to 51658.7
George Washington Carver School 87 - a Montessori SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 524610.2
George Washington High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 1272914.6
H. L. Harshman Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 850914.1
H.W. Longfellow Middle School - an IB World SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 853812.2
Impact Academy 1OtherPK to 12561.9
Impact Academy 2OtherK to 12642.3
Impact Academy 3OtherK to 12501.2
James A. Garfield School 31 - a STEM SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 51736.9
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 536311.7
James Whitcomb Riley School 43CEP schoolElementaryPK to 52408.9
Jonathan Jennings School 109 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 527512.0
Joseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for InquiryCEP schoolElementaryK to 536013.3
Lew Wallace School 107 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 544013.3
Mary Nicholson School 70 Center for InquiryCEP schoolElementaryK to 535114.6
Meredith Nicholson School 96 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 539112.2
Merle Sidener Academy 59 - a High Ability SchoolCEP schoolElementary1 to 522810.9
Northwest Middle School - an IB World SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 862312.2
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 524111.0
Robert Lee Frost School 106 - a STEM SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 530816.2
Rousseau McClellan School 91 - a Montessori SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 550615.8
Sankofa School of Success at Arlington Woods School 99CEP schoolElementaryPK to 636121.2
Shortridge High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,20614.7
Theodore Potter School 74 - a Dual Language SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 52089.5
Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 845510.8
Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School 15CEP schoolElementaryPK to 552513.5
Thrival AcademyHigh9 to 120
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14CEP schoolElementaryPK to 523012.8
William Bell School 60 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 538110.6
William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 538614.3
William Penn Middle School - a STEM SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 836710.2

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.