NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Richmond, IN

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11 public K-12 schools in Richmond from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
4,687
Students
37.1/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Richmond has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Richmond sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Richmond's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Charles Elementary School and Dennis Middle School shows the range hidden by Richmond's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Richmond High School accounts for 27.2% of all Richmond public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Richmond-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Richmond school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 1,273 students (highest), a spread of 1,212 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond reports 69.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Richmond is typically wider than the Richmond-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Charles Elementary School 48
2. Westview Elementary School 44
3. Fairview Elementary School 42
4. Vaile Elementary School 41
5. Starr Elementary School 39
6. Crestdale Elementary School 38
7. Richmond High School 36
8. Community Youth Services 34
9. Test Intermediate School 31
10. Excel Center - Richmond 28
11. Dennis Middle School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Richmond

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Starr Elementary School 68.0/100
  2. 2 Vaile Elementary School 65.6/100
  3. 3 Charles Elementary School 59.5/100
  4. 4 Richmond High School 58.7/100
  5. 5 Dennis Middle School 58.6/100

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Which Richmond school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Charles Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Richmond schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Richmond, IN? ▼

Richmond has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,687 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.