Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc

Located at 3920 Baker Drive, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is a low-enrollment primary school that instructs 247 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc answers to Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc logs that nearly all students (82%) are Black. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Marion County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc is one.

Phalen at Francis Scott Key 103 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Phalen Leadership Academy - IN Inc's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 247). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 95% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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