Speedway Senior High School

Speedway Senior High School is one of the close-knit 9-12 campuss in Speedway, Indiana, one of the schools within School Town of Speedway, with 602 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Within School Town of Speedway, which oversees 6 schools and 1,776 students, Speedway Senior High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Speedway Senior High School shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Speedway Senior High School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $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), Speedway Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is James An Allison Elementary Sch 3, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Speedway Senior High School.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 55% to 40%.

On the community side, the feed for Speedway Senior High School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.