James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School is an intimate four-year high school, operated by James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School. It works with 587 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Operationally, James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School answers to James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marion County shows 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%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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