North Central High School

North Central High School operates as a large senior high in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within MSD Washington Township. Current enrollment sits at 3,682 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 351% larger than typical.

MSD Washington Township runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 11,560 students. North Central High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Central High School logs that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Central High School has 206 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at North Central High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which North Central High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hilltop School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Central High School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. North Central High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 3,765 (now 3,682). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 23%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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