Indianapolis is served by 11 public school districts, along with a number of public charter and private schools. Indianapolis also has eight local universities.
Indianapolis is home to more than a dozen public and private colleges and universities. The "‡" symbol denotes university branches whose main campuses are located outside of the city.
Name | Municipalities served | No. of schools | Enrollment |
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Beech Grove City Schools | Beech Grove | 5 | 2,837 |
Franklin Township Community School Corporation | Indianapolis | 11 | 11,139 |
Indianapolis Public Schools | Indianapolis | 57 | 22,115 |
Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township | Indianapolis | 9 | 6,681 |
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township | Indianapolis · Lawrence | 17 | 16,247 |
Metropolitan School District of Pike Township | Indianapolis | 13 | 10,901 |
Metropolitan School District of Warren Township | Indianapolis | 16 | 11,801 |
Metropolitan School District of Washington Township | Indianapolis | 14 | 10,901 |
Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township | Indianapolis | 19 | 16,343 |
Perry Township Schools | Indianapolis · Southport | 17 | 16,603 |
School Town of Speedway | Speedway | 6 | 1,863 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics |
IPS, is the largest school district in Indianapolis with nearly 37,000 students. [1] IPS operates four traditional high schools along with five community (grades 7 through 12) and magnet high schools. Emmerich Manual High School and Thomas Carr Howe Community High School are part of Charter School USA due to continuous failing school grade under IPS administration.
Beech Grove City Schools is the public school district serving the city of Beech Grove, Indiana. The school district's current enrollment is 2,293 students. [2]
The Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township is a public school district located in Decatur Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. The school district's current enrollment is 6,131 students. [3]
Franklin Township Community School Corporation is a school district in Franklin Township, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The school district's current enrollment is 8,828 students. [4]
The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township is a public school district located in Lawrence Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 16,153. [5]
Perry Township Schools is a public school district located in Perry Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 14,272. [6]
The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township is a public school district located in Pike Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 10,620. [7]
School Town of Speedway is the public school district serving the town of Speedway, Indiana. The school district's current enrollment is 1,653 students. [8]
The Metropolitan School District of Warren Township is a public school district located in Warren Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 12,503. [9]
The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township is a public school district located in Washington Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 10,421. [10]
The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township is a public school district located in Wayne Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 14,917. [11]
Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. Located in Central Indiana, the city lies along the White River's West Fork near its confluence with Fall Creek.
Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 977,203, making it the most populous county in the state and 51st most populated county in the country. Indianapolis is the county seat, the state capital, and most populous city. Marion County is consolidated with Indianapolis through an arrangement known as Unigov.
Unigov is the colloquial name adopted by the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, to describe its consolidated city–county government. By an act of the Indiana General Assembly, Indianapolis consolidated with the government of Marion County in 1970.
Franklin Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States. Located in the southeast corner of the county, it has been subsumed into the city of Indianapolis along with most of the rest of the county. It contains the communities of Acton, Wanamaker, and the eastern portion of the excluded city of Beech Grove.
Perry Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, located in the south central part of the county. It was laid out in 1822 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and named after Oliver Hazard Perry – a War of 1812 hero. The township population was 108,972 at the 2010 census. This includes the largest community of Burmese-Americans in the United States, numbering over 24,000. Through the White River, Perry and Decatur townships share the only water boundary among Marion County's townships.
Franklin Township Community School Corporation (FTCSC) is a public school district in Franklin Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is responsible for seven elementary schools, two intermediate schools, one junior high, and one high school. The school district's 2022 enrollment was 11,139 students. Adding to its total, the district built one more elementary school, and a freshman academy addition, which opened in 2009, at the high school to keep up with continued growth.
Lawrence North High School is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The school was founded in 1976 and graduated its first class in 1978. Lawrence North is one of two high schools in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, the other one being Lawrence Central High School.
Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is the largest school district in Indianapolis, and the second largest school district in the state of Indiana as of 2021, behind Fort Wayne Community Schools. The district's headquarters are in the John Morton-Finney Center for Educational Services.
Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (RBB) is a public school corporation located in northwestern Monroe County, Indiana, USA. RBB and Monroe County Community School Corporation are the only two school corporations serving the county. RBB serves Ellettsville, Stinesville, Beanblossom Township, and Richland Township. The Richland-Bean Blossom Metropolitan School District was formed in 1963 and became the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation in 1965. The district is accredited by AdvancED.
Pike Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 1,221 and it contained 529 housing units.
Pike Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, North America, located in the northwestern portion of the county. The entire township is administratively part of Indianapolis, although a portion of the included town of Clermont lies in the southwest corner. As of the 2010 census, Pike Township had a population of 77,895 living in an area of approximately 107 km² (41.5 mi²). Pike Township was named for Zebulon Pike.
Arlington High School was a comprehensive public high school located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It closed in 2018 but reopened in 2019 as Arlington Middle School.
Lawrence Township is one of nine townships in Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,447 at the 2010 United States Census. Lawrence Township was organized in 1822.
The Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township is a public school district located in Decatur Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 6,131 students in grades K-12. There is also an alternative school run by the district. The district superintendent is Matthew J. Prusiecki, Ph.
Decatur Central High School (DCHS) is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Zionsville Community High School (ZCHS) is a 4-year public high school located in Boone County, Zionsville, Indiana, United States. It is the only high school in the Zionsville Community School Corporation.