New Augusta Public Academy - South

New Augusta Public Academy - South is a mid-sized primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Pike Township. The school hosts 437 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in MSD Pike Township (10,674 students total), New Augusta Public Academy - South accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, New Augusta Public Academy - South records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, New Augusta Public Academy - South has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting New Augusta Public Academy - South tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, New Augusta Public Academy - South sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.0%; actual is 23.0%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $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 New Augusta Public Academy - South is one.

The closest other public school is New Augusta Public Academy - North, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Augusta Public Academy - South comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.