KIPP Indy Legacy High

As a close-knit senior high in Indianapolis, Indiana, KIPP Indy Legacy High educates 349 students from grades 9 through 12, run under KIPP Indy Legacy High. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

Operationally, KIPP Indy Legacy High answers to KIPP Indy Legacy High, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, KIPP Indy Legacy High reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP Indy Legacy High has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at KIPP Indy Legacy High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which KIPP Indy Legacy High is one.

KIPP Indy Unite Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. KIPP Indy Legacy High is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.