Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School

Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School is a middle-grades school of tight-knit scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, part of Indianapolis Public Schools, enrolling 455 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 49 schools in Indianapolis Public Schools (21,055 students total), Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School logs that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 31% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 - an Exploratory School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.