Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch

Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch, teacheing 309 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch sits inside Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch records that Black students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 24.0%; Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch posts 8.0%, -16.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Tindley Genesis Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 18.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 309). Black enrollment moved from 96% to 79% across the same window.

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