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Indianapolis, Indiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 95/100 ranks Urban Act Academy #1 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,153 per pupil, Urban Act Academy ranks #17 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Urban Act Academy operates 1 public schools serving 298 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $17,153 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 7.3% local, 63.9% state, and 28.8% 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 95/100, ranked #1 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.
a 298:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, . Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Urban Act Academy, enrolling 298 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Urban Act Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Urban Act Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Urban Act Academy a distant remainder — means Urban Act Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Urban Act Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.6% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Urban Act Academy student-counselor ratio is 298:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Urban Act Academy is typically wider than the Urban Act Academy-aggregate figure suggests.