Pike High School

Pike High School is a heavily attended senior high in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of MSD Pike Township. The school teaches 3,188 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 291% above the state mean of about 816.

Across the 13 schools in MSD Pike Township (10,674 students total), Pike High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pike High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Pike High School logs 211 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

Around the school, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Pike High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pike High School.

Pike High School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pike High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 3,209 (now 3,188). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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