Indianapolis Public Schools
60 Indiana School Corporations Have Returned to Pre-COVID Attendance Rates. 325 Have Not.
Correction (2026-05-21): An earlier version of this article misstated Fort Wayne Community Schools' chronic absenteeism figures. The 2025 rate is 20.2% (not 17.5%), the 2022 peak was 24.4% (not 24.1%)...
Indianapolis Suburbs Hold Attendance in Single Digits as IPS Works Down From Its COVID Peak
Correction (May 29, 2026): An earlier version reported Carmel Clay's chronically absent count as 1,062 (the correct figure is 1,069) and described IPS as having "peaked at 39.5% in 2022." The district...
When English Learners Out-Graduate Everyone: Indiana's Rate Hits 92.4%
In 2017, 60.7% of Indiana's English learners graduated on time. The gap between English learners and their peers was nearly 29 percentage points. It was one of the widest equity gaps in the state's gr...
From 71% to 93%: How Indianapolis Public Schools Defied Every Prediction
For most of the past decade, Indianapolis Public Schools was a cautionary tale — the state capital's school district with a graduation rate that trailed Indiana's average by double digits. In 2014, IP...