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Indianapolis, Indiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 90/100 ranks Vision Academy #7 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,553 per pupil, Vision Academy ranks #76 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Vision Academy operates 1 public schools serving 428 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 $13,553 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 0.6% local, 60.9% state, and 38.5% 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 90/100, ranked #7 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 391:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 62.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.5% African American, 14.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Vision Academy, enrolling 391 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vision Academy accounts for 91.4% of all Vision Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vision Academy a distant remainder — means Vision 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.
Vision Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.3% 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.
Vision Academy student-counselor ratio is 391:1 — 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.
Vision Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 62.1% — 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.
Vision Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 428 students.
How much does Vision Academy spend per student?
Vision Academy spends $13,553 per student. The district has an equity score of 90/100, ranking #7 in Indiana.
What is the demographic composition of Vision Academy?
Vision Academy students are 78.5% African American, 14.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Vision Academy?
Vision Academy has an equity score of 90/100, ranking #7 out of 373 districts in Indiana.