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An equity score of 80/100 ranks Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 #21 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,687 per pupil, Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 ranks #13 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 operates 1 public schools serving 300 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. 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 $17,687 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 41 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.7% local, 32.6% state, and 45.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 80/100, ranked #21 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.
and 81.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.4% African American, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Louis B Russell Jr School 48, enrolling 274 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Louis B Russell Jr School 48 accounts for 91.3% of all Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 a distant remainder — means Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 chronic absenteeism rate is 81.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48?
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 300 students.
How much does Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 spend per student?
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 spends $17,687 per student. The district has an equity score of 80/100, ranking #21 in Indiana.
What is the demographic composition of Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48?
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 students are 77.4% African American, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48?
Phalen Leadership Academy at Louis B Russell School 48 has an equity score of 80/100, ranking #21 out of 373 districts in Indiana.