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Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Indianapolis, Marion County. The school has 1,307 pupils enrolled. It is part of the MSD Wayne Township school district. It serves grades 9 in an urban setting. The school employs 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center enrolls 1,307 students across grades 9. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Black or African American, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 498 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 472 | 36% |
| White | 260 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
929 of the school's 1,307 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 885 qualify for free lunch and 44 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-70, state senate district 29, state house district 92.
Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center is one of 19 schools in MSD Wayne Township, based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The district serves 16,146 students district-wide and employs 1,058 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,307 students, Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center is larger than the district average of about 850 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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