Matchbook Learning

Matchbook Learning is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by Matchbook Learning, with 707 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 62% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Operationally, Matchbook Learning answers to Matchbook Learning, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Matchbook Learning shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 96% of students at Matchbook Learning qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Marion County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Matchbook Learning sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 7.4%; this one delivers 7.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Matchbook Learning is one.

The closest other public school is Allegiant Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Matchbook Learning ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Matchbook Learning 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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