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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Indiana Connections Academy Indianapolis, IN	Combined	5,376	39.3:1	36.9%
Indiana Gateway Digital Academy Clarksville, IN	Combined	5,318	30.8:1	59.6%
Carmel High School Carmel, IN	High	5,239	17.8:1	11.6%
Indiana Digital Jr and High School Modoc, IN	Combined	4,166	35.8:1	25.2%
Penn High School Mishawaka, IN	High	3,687	20.1:1	24.4%
North Central High School Indianapolis, IN	High	3,682	16.1:1	50.5%
Fishers High School Fishers, IN	High	3,590	23:1	19.6%
Avon High School Avon, IN	High	3,523	19.5:1	32%
Hamilton Southeastern Hs Fishers, IN	High	3,504	21.2:1	13.9%
Franklin Central High School Indianapolis, IN	High	3,438	21:1	40.4%
Warren Central High School Indianapolis, IN	High	3,391	18.5:1	67.7%
Brownsburg High School Brownsburg, IN	High	3,355	19.1:1	27.9%
Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, IN	High	3,315	18.5:1	62.8%
Noblesville High School Noblesville, IN	High	3,291	16.7:1	20.8%
Pike High School Indianapolis, IN	High	3,188	16.5:1	64.9%
Elkhart High School Elkhart, IN	High	3,073	17:1	56.1%
Crown Point High School Crown Point, IN	High	3,038	22.5:1	19.8%
Center Grove High School Greenwood, IN	High	2,956	21.1:1	20.6%
Westfield High School Westfield, IN	High	2,948	17.5:1	16.8%
Lake Central High School Saint John, IN	High	2,926	20.2:1	19.4%
Lawrence North High School Indianapolis, IN	High	2,799	19.7:1	59.1%
Carroll High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	2,623	19.5:1	17.1%
Lawrence Central High School Indianapolis, IN	High	2,517	19.6:1	69.2%
Perry Meridian High School Indianapolis, IN	High	2,455	18.8:1	52.9%
Southport High School Indianapolis, IN	High	2,431	17.6:1	66.5%
Homestead High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	2,382	20.2:1	17.1%
Columbus North High School Columbus, IN	High	2,360	13.4:1	34.6%
Arsenal Technical High School Indianapolis, IN	High	2,360	17.4:1	73.5%
Zionsville Community High School Zionsville, IN	High	2,338	18.9:1	6.4%
Jeffersonville High School Jeffersonville, IN	High	2,202	17.8:1	51.6%
William Henry Harrison High School West Lafayette, IN	High	2,194	17.5:1	25.7%
Portage High School Portage, IN	High	2,163	19:1	49.7%
Northrop High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	2,145	20.7:1	50.8%
Whiteland Community High School Whiteland, IN	High	2,144	16.8:1	39.3%
Indiana Digital Elementary Modoc, IN	Elementary	2,125	24.1:1	28%
Merrillville High School Merrillville, IN	High	2,115	16.3:1	55.4%
Valparaiso High School Valparaiso, IN	High	2,089	20.8:1	26.5%
Warsaw Community High School Warsaw, IN	High	2,077	14.5:1	36.1%
Jefferson High School Lafayette, IN	High	2,042	15:1	62.7%
Decatur Central High School Indianapolis, IN	High	1,974	16.3:1	62%
Adams High School South Bend, IN	High	1,966	15.9:1	51%
Castle High School Newburgh, IN	High	1,953	18.9:1	21.6%
Chesterton Senior High School Chesterton, IN	High	1,937	20.2:1	22.1%
R Nelson Snider High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	1,927	21.3:1	47.4%
Plainfield High School Plainfield, IN	High	1,856	19.8:1	22.4%
Mccutcheon High School Lafayette, IN	High	1,835	15.7:1	38.6%
New Albany Senior High School New Albany, IN	High	1,821	17.1:1	50.8%
Hammond Central High School Hammond, IN	High	1,814	19.4:1	69.4%
Laporte High School Laporte, IN	Combined	1,807	16:1	48.7%
Franklin Central Junior High Indianapolis, IN	Middle	1,797	20.4:1	44.2%
Floyd Central High School Floyd Knobs, IN	High	1,785	20.4:1	16%
Anderson High School Anderson, IN	High	1,768	15.3:1	73.5%
Seymour Senior High School Seymour, IN	High	1,729	17.4:1	51.5%
Concord Community High School Elkhart, IN	High	1,727	17.3:1	44.1%
Goshen High School Goshen, IN	High	1,717	18.7:1	54.4%
Bloomington High School South Bloomington, IN	High	1,691	17:1	23.7%
Clark Pleasant Middle School Greenwood, IN	Middle	1,690	15.4:1	43.4%
Highland Hills Middle School Georgetown, IN	Elementary	1,676	18.4:1	16.3%
North High School Evansville, IN	High	1,650	16.9:1	31.4%
Westfield Middle School Westfield, IN	Middle	1,585	16.2:1	16.5%
Westfield Intermediate School Westfield, IN	Elementary	1,551	16.5:1	18.8%
Terre Haute South Vigo High School Terre Haute, IN	High	1,544	15.6:1	47.6%
Franklin Community High School Franklin, IN	High	1,531	17.7:1	35.3%
Bloomington High School North Bloomington, IN	High	1,528	15.4:1	30%
Michigan City High School Michigan City, IN	High	1,506	16.7:1	67.8%
Pendleton Heights High School Pendleton, IN	High	1,502	19.1:1	27.4%
Terre Haute North Vigo High School Terre Haute, IN	High	1,486	14.9:1	47.3%
Hoosier College and Career Academy Indianapolis, IN	Combined	1,484	28.5:1	39.9%
Munster High School Munster, IN	High	1,474	18.4:1	19.8%
Mt Vernon High School Fortville, IN	High	1,470	17.9:1	22.8%
Columbus East High School Columbus, IN	High	1,452	18.1:1	35.2%
Morton Senior High School Hammond, IN	High	1,446	18.5:1	65.9%
Huntington North High School Huntington, IN	High	1,441	15.3:1	36.5%
Creekside Middle School Carmel, IN	Middle	1,428	17.8:1	6.8%
Clay Middle School Carmel, IN	Middle	1,415	18:1	13%
New Haven Jr/Sr High School New Haven, IN	Combined	1,413	18:1	62.5%
Greenfield-Central High School Greenfield, IN	High	1,413	17.4:1	31.8%
South Side High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	1,405	18.5:1	70.8%
Wayne High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	1,398	17.7:1	66%
Kokomo High School Kokomo, IN	High	1,393	14.2:1	54.1%
North Side High School Fort Wayne, IN	High	1,383	17.1:1	63.8%
Plainfield Community Middle School Plainfield, IN	Middle	1,378	17.3:1	29.1%
Mooresville High School Mooresville, IN	High	1,372	20.3:1	33.4%
Lillie Idella Kitley Intermediate Indianapolis, IN	Elementary	1,365	19.9:1	42.4%
Fall Creek Valley Middle School Indianapolis, IN	Middle	1,355	21.1:1	63.4%
Muncie Central High School Muncie, IN	Combined	1,337	14.9:1	66.4%
William Henry Harrison High School Evansville, IN	High	1,332	19:1	55.9%
Zionsville Middle School Zionsville, IN	Elementary	1,331	18.8:1	4.6%
Northridge High School Middlebury, IN	High	1,331	19:1	27.1%
Noblesville West Middle School Noblesville, IN	Middle	1,330	15.8:1	17.8%
Leo Junior/Senior High School Leo, IN	Combined	1,328	19.3:1	15.1%
Mishawaka High School Mishawaka, IN	High	1,327	15.7:1	56.5%
Hobart High School Hobart, IN	High	1,320	20.4:1	41.7%
Early Learning Center Indianapolis, IN	Combined	1,313	24:1	64%
Southport Middle School Indianapolis, IN	Middle	1,304	16.4:1	69%
Edgewood Intermediate School Indianapolis, IN	Elementary	1,300	18:1	51%
Francis Joseph Reitz High School Evansville, IN	High	1,293	15.2:1	41%
Brownsburg West Middle School Brownsburg, IN	Middle	1,291	15.3:1	33.7%
Martinsville High School Martinsville, IN	High	1,284	11.5:1	40.5%
Center Grove Middle School Central Greenwood, IN	Middle	1,278	19.9:1	17.2%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25