RISE Learning Center

As a very small K-12 campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, RISE Learning Center caters to 200 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by Southside Sp Srvs Of Marion Co. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 531 students each, so RISE Learning Center sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

RISE Learning Center is a school of Southside Sp Srvs Of Marion Co, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, RISE Learning Center shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 19% Black, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 24.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RISE Learning Center sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.6%; actual is 9.0%, a gap of -27.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), RISE Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William Henry Burkhart Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RISE Learning Center. On composite proficiency, RISE Learning Center comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 69%: 118 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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