Decatur High Ability Academy

As a very small elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, Decatur High Ability Academy teaches 103 students from grades 3 through 6, part of MSD Decatur Township. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 76% smaller than typical.

Within MSD Decatur Township, which oversees 9 schools and 6,485 students, Decatur High Ability Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Decatur High Ability Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, Decatur High Ability Academy shows 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Decatur High Ability Academy ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.2%; Decatur High Ability Academy posts 79.9%, +38.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows 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%. Decatur High Ability Academy is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Excel Center - Decatur, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Decatur High Ability Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Decatur High Ability Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 21.5%.

Decatur High Ability Academy operates from a city-core location.

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