Indianapolis Public Schools
Marion County Charters Now Enroll Nearly Double IPS
In 2016, Indianapolis Public Schools enrolled 29,583 students. The 28 charter corporations scattered across Marion County enrolled 16,544. IPS had the numbers, the name, and the buildings. The charter...
Nine Indiana School Corporations Hold Perfect Losing Records
Indianapolis Public Schools lost students in 2017. It lost students in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Ten consecutive years. Not one reprieve.
The Indianapolis Donut Has a Hole in the Middle
The Indianapolis metro area enrolled roughly the same number of students in 2025-26 as it did a decade ago. Almost none of them are in the same place.
133 Indiana School Corporations Hit Record Lows
Fort Wayne Community Schools is Indiana's largest school corporation, with 28,200 students. Evansville Vanderburgh is the second-largest, with 20,914. Hamilton Southeastern is third, with 20,633. Indi...
Indiana Lost 93,606 White Students in a Decade
Indiana's public schools enrolled 631,886 white students in 2025-26. A decade earlier, that number was 725,492. The difference, 93,606 students, is more than five times the state's total enrollment de...
IPS Has Lost a Third of Its Students
In 2016, Indianapolis Public Schools was the largest school district in Indiana. It enrolled 29,583 students, edging out Fort Wayne by 100. It had more students than all 28 Marion County charter organ...
Hispanic Students Are Now Indiana's Largest Minority Group
For nine consecutive years, Indiana's Hispanic student population grew. It grew through a pandemic, through a national enrollment crisis, through a decade in which the state's total enrollment fell by...
Indiana's 2025 Enrollment Rebound Was a Mirage
Last year, Indiana's public schools added 7,466 students, the largest single-year gain since before the pandemic. Superintendents cautiously celebrated. State data suggested the long post-COVID slide ...