Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry

Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry is an intimate primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by Indianapolis Public Schools. The school serves 348 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 49 schools in Indianapolis Public Schools (21,055 students total), Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry shows that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.2%; Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry posts 26.9%, -17.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Herron High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Charity Dye School 27 Center for Inquiry's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 348). The White share of enrollment decreased from 42% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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