Irvington Preparatory Academy

Irvington Preparatory Academy, a close-knit unified-grade school in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by Irvington Community School, hosts 326 students, covering grades K through 12. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 531 students.

Irvington Community School runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 937 students. Irvington Preparatory Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Irvington Preparatory Academy shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Irvington Preparatory Academy records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 24.5:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at Irvington Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Irvington Preparatory Academy is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: George W. Julian School 57 Center for Inquiry, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Irvington Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 67%: 994 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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