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Arsenal Technical High School
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Arsenal Technical High School
Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, Arsenal Technical High School is a substantial 9-12 campus, operated by Indianapolis Public Schools. It caters to 2,360 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Arsenal Technical High School sits 189% above that benchmark.
Arsenal Technical High School is one of 49 schools operated by Indianapolis Public Schools, a district that enrolls 21,055 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Arsenal Technical High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 158 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Arsenal Technical High School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).
Paramount Cottage Home is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arsenal Technical High School.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Arsenal Technical High School's enrollment has grew 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,965 (now 2,360). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
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