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Indiana Connections Academy
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 155 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 157 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 191 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 202 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 206 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 257 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 282 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 371 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 484 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 555 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 697 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 891 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 928 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 68% smaller than its 8th grade class (484).
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5,376 | 134 | 40.1:1 | 41% (2,225) |
| 2023-24 | 5,475 | 170 | 32.2:1 | 43% (2,342) |
| 2022-23 | 5,784 | 147 | 39.4:1 | 46% (2,680) |
| 2020-21 | 6,687 | 159 | 42.1:1 | 41% (2,754) |
| 2017-18 | 4,651 | 115.6 | 40.3:1 | 48% (2,227) |
| 2015-16 | 3,705 | 85 | 43.6:1 | 44% (1,644) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 9 | 29.6:1 | 50% (134) |
About Indiana Connections Academy
The public school serving multiple grade levels Indiana Connections Academy is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 5,376 students in kindergarten through 12. On average, combined schools in Indiana enroll around 531, and this school is 912% larger than that mark.
Indiana Connections Academy operates as its own local education agency.
About 74% of the student body at Indiana Connections Academy is White. Other groups include 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 52% White. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Indiana Connections Academy are from different groups.
The school has 134 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 40.1 students per teacher. Combined schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 24.5:1. The school reported 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Marion County averages 60%, higher than here.
Census data for Marion County show median household income comes to about $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Marion County number 274, with about 161,456 students.
Of the public schools around it, Indiana Connections Academy is closest to Indiana Connections Career Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Indiana Connections Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Indiana Connections Academy is a publicly funded charter school. NCES classifies the school as virtual.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 20%. The ratio was 42.1:1 in 2020-21 and 40.1:1 in 2024-25.
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