Excel Center - Richmond

Excel Center - Richmond is one of the rural-scale secondary schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within Excel Center - Richmond, with 239 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

Excel Center - Richmond is the operating authority for Excel Center - Richmond, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Excel Center - Richmond records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Excel Center - Richmond qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,692, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), Excel Center - Richmond is one campus in the mix.

Vaile Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Excel Center - Richmond.

The campus sits in a town-based setting. Excel Center - Richmond is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Excel Center - Richmond has decreased 16%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 69%. Class-load math has loosened: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 in 2025.

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