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Indianapolis, Indiana - 13 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Msd Pike Township #119 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,198 per pupil, Msd Pike Township ranks #90 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,683
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$13,198
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Msd Pike Township operates 13 public schools serving 10,683 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 3 middle, 3 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,198 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.1% local, 58.1% state, and 12.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #119 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (87 AP courses district-wide), a 470.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.3% African American, 25.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fishback Creek Public Academy, with a diversity index of 65.4/100.
Its largest campus is Pike High School, enrolling 3,188 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is New Augusta Public Academy - South, at 437 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pike High School accounts for 29.8% of all Msd Pike Township student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Msd Pike Township-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Msd Pike Township school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Msd Pike Township school enrollment ranges from 437 students (lowest) to 3,188 students (highest), a spread of 2,751 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Msd Pike Township has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Msd Pike Township student-counselor ratio is 470:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Msd Pike Township chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Msd Pike Township is typically wider than the Msd Pike Township-aggregate figure suggests.