Southport 6th Grade Academy

Southport 6th Grade Academy, a mid-sized middle school in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by Perry Township Schools, educates 643 students, covering grade 6.

Within Perry Township Schools, which oversees 21 schools and 16,243 students, Southport 6th Grade Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Southport 6th Grade Academy lists that the most-represented group is White (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 16% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Southport 6th Grade Academy has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southport 6th Grade Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.5%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Southport 6th Grade Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southport Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southport 6th Grade Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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