Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School

Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Indianapolis Public Schools, with 268 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is one of 49 schools operated by Indianapolis Public Schools, a district that educates 21,055 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 9% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.3%; this one delivers 17.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School is one campus in the mix.

Allegiant Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 12.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ernie Pyle School 90 - a Paideia School has decreased 26%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 44% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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