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Best kept secret at Anderson Preparatory Academy?
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Enrollment
777
Combined
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 180007702425
Anderson Preparatory Academy
101 West 29th Street, Anderson, IN 46016 · (765) 649-8472 · Madison County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
64 FTE teachers
STATE 24.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
508 students
STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 57 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
71%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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
10.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
5.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
777
-72 (-8%) vs 2020
+85% since 2010-11, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 42.5:1
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 | 777 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 65% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 68 | 12.4:1 | 56% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 63 | 13.7:1 | 74% (643) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 20 | 42.5:1 | 62% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 57.3 | 13.0:1 | 56% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 847 | 38 | 22.3:1 | 61% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 63% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Preparatory Academy.
About Anderson Preparatory Academy
Anderson Preparatory Academy is a combined-grade school in Anderson, Indiana, according to federal school records. A total of 777 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 12. The average for combined schools in Indiana is about 531 students, so this school is 46% larger than average.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At Anderson Preparatory Academy, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. It is also 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Madison County is roughly 84% White. Anderson Preparatory Academy's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 64 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.1:1. This ratio sits 12.4 below the 24.5:1 average for combined schools in Indiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 65%. For comparison, public schools in Madison County average 52%.
Anderson Preparatory Academy is a bottom-10% school in Indiana on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 8.3% against a predicted 29.3%.
Madison County census figures show that the median household income is $63,037, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 32 public schools in Madison County, enrolling about 18,227 students in all.
Nearby, Excel Center - Anderson is about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of Anderson Preparatory Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.5%; Anderson Preparatory Academy's is 8.3%, ranking 6th of 7.
Anderson Preparatory Academy is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small. Anderson Preparatory Academy is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Anderson Preparatory Academy had 849 students, to 2024-25, when it had 777. The school's ratio fell from 42.5:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,900
Census ACS
Median income
$63,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anderson
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,768 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Tenth Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Anderson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Excel Center - Anderson1.3 mi · 321
- Anderson High School1.5 mi · 1,768
- Anderson Elementary School1.9 mi · 496
- Erskine Elementary School2.4 mi · 461
- Tenth Street Elementary School2.7 mi · 529
- Anderson Intermediate School2.9 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Preparatory AcademyHow many students attend Anderson Preparatory Academy?
Anderson Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Anderson Preparatory Academy serve?
Anderson Preparatory Academy serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Anderson Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Anderson Preparatory Academy is approximately 12.1:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anderson Preparatory Academy?
At Anderson Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 41% White, 19% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Anderson Preparatory Academy public or private?
Anderson Preparatory Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Anderson Preparatory Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.