Anderson Preparatory Academy

As a mid-sized all-grades campus in Anderson, Indiana, Anderson Preparatory Academy serves 777 students from grades K through 12, run under Anderson Preparatory Academy. That puts it 46% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 531 students.

Operationally, Anderson Preparatory Academy answers to Anderson Preparatory Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Anderson Preparatory Academy reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 24.5:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anderson Preparatory Academy is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 29.3%; Anderson Preparatory Academy posts 8.3%, -20.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,037 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Madison County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students), Anderson Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

Excel Center - Anderson is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Anderson Preparatory Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Anderson Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anderson Preparatory Academy has grew 4%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 777 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 61% to 41% over that span.

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