Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle

Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle is one of the sizable junior highs in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Warren Township, with 1,079 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 82% larger than typical.

MSD Warren Township comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 11,915 students; Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 23% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 20.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Liberty Park Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle's enrollment has climbed 77% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 1,079). Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.