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MSD Decatur Township School District, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
MSD Decatur Township School District runs 10 public schools with 6,485 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Indiana figure of 15.5.Listed in NCES data as "MSD Decatur Township".
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 6,485
- Teachers (FTE)
- 436
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5275 Kentucky Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46221
- Phone
- (317)856-5265
- County
- Marion County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1802640
- State district ID
- IN-5300
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,044
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 649 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 25.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
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 (6,777), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $96.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.4 million
- State revenue
- $50.5 million
- Local revenue
- $35.2 million
- Total spending
- $87.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,871
- Salaries
- $40.7 million46.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $79.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.8%
- State: 52.6%
- Local: 36.6%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,871
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in MSD Decatur Township School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 687 | 15.3 |
| Decatur Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,974 | 15.1 |
| Decatur High Ability AcademyCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 103 | 20.6 |
| Decatur Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,000 | 15.6 |
| Decatur Twp School for Excellence | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Gold AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 529 | 13.2 |
| Lynwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 583 | 13.9 |
| Stephen Decatur Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 496 | 14.6 |
| Valley Mills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 554 | 14.2 |
| West Newton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 559 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marion County
- Indianapolis Public Schools 21,055 students
- MSD Lawrence Township School District 16,747 students
- Perry Township Schools 16,243 students
- MSD Wayne Township School District 16,146 students
- MSD Warren Township School District 11,915 students
- Franklin Township Com Sch Corp 11,413 students
- MSD Washington Township School District 11,391 students
- MSD Pike Township School District 10,674 students
- Indiana Connections Academy 5,376 students
- Beech Grove City Schools 2,790 students
- School Town of Speedway 1,776 students
- Hoosier College and Career Academy 1,484 students
- Christel House DORS 1,062 students
- Victory College Prep 1,058 students
- Herron Charter 981 students
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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.