Enrollment
166
Elementary
STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGIANT PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 180019902648
Allegiant Preparatory Academy
1141 N. Sheffield Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46222 · (317) 489-6877 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
12 FTE teachers
STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
114 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 78% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
21.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
24.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allegiant Preparatory Academy
Allegiant Preparatory Academy's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Preparatory Academy this school | 166 | 68.7% | 21.9% |
| James Whitcomb Riley School 43 Indianapolis | 240 | 72.5% | 4.6% |
| Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc Indianapolis | 247 | 73.7% | 14.2% |
| Joshua Academy Evansville | 254 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| Banneker Elementary at Marquette Gary | 293 | 64.8% | 12.5% |
| Higher Institute of Arts & Tech Merrillville | 259 | 79.5% | 11.1% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allegiant Preparatory Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #821 of 983 | #73 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #819 of 986 | #74 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #817 of 986 | #70 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #1,021 of 1,079 | #150 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #181 of 1,058 | #60 of 152 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
166
+59 (+55%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 166 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 69% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 10 | 15.4:1 | 90% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 8 | 18.0:1 | 83% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 107 | 6 | 17.8:1 | 77% (82) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allegiant Preparatory Academy.
About Allegiant Preparatory Academy
In Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Marion County, Allegiant Preparatory Academy is an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 166 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Indiana enroll about 436 students on average.
Allegiant Preparatory Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Black students are 82% of those enrolled at Allegiant Preparatory Academy. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Marion County's population at about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
Allegiant Preparatory Academy lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 69% of the student body. That is 9 points above the 60% average for public schools in Marion County.
On the allk12 Grade, Allegiant Preparatory Academy lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Indiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Allegiant Preparatory Academy, the prediction is 26.9% and the result is 21.9%.
For the population of Marion County, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
Matchbook Learning is about 0.1 miles from Allegiant Preparatory Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Allegiant Preparatory Academy ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The 2020-21 count was 107 students and the 2024-25 count was 166. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 17.8 in 2020-21.
Allegiant Preparatory Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Allegiant Preparatory AcademyHow many students attend Allegiant Preparatory Academy?
Allegiant Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 166 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Allegiant Preparatory Academy serve?
Allegiant Preparatory Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allegiant Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allegiant Preparatory Academy is approximately 13.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allegiant Preparatory Academy?
At Allegiant Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Allegiant Preparatory Academy public or private?
Allegiant Preparatory Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Allegiant Preparatory Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.