Academy for Innovative Studies

Located at 2319 Stringtown Rd, in Evansville, Indiana, Academy for Innovative Studies is a low-enrollment multi-level school that enrolls 318 students (grades K through 12), overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 531 students each, so Academy for Innovative Studies sits 40% below that benchmark.

Academy for Innovative Studies is one of 38 schools operated by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, a district that educates 21,589 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Academy for Innovative Studies records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 39% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Vanderburgh County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 24.5:1, putting Academy for Innovative Studies tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at Academy for Innovative Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Vanderburgh County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Academy for Innovative Studies is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 22.8%; Academy for Innovative Studies posts 4.1%, -18.7 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Vanderburgh County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,648, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Vanderburgh County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), of which Academy for Innovative Studies is one.

Nearest neighbor: EVSC Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy for Innovative Studies. On composite proficiency, Academy for Innovative Studies comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Academy for Innovative Studies's enrollment has ticked down 52% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 318). Over the same period, the White share fell from 51% to 42%.

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