Family Guide to Public Schools in Indianapolis

1. State directory of schools and district websites: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/htmls/k12.html

2. Indianapolis Star website with information about school corporations. Lists number of schools, total enrollment, student-teacher ratio, school board members and meeting information, college attendance rate, graduation rate, etc.: http://www.indystar.com/community/education/

3. Corporation websites:

   • Beech Grove Community Schools: http://www.bgcs.k12.in.us/

   • Franklin Township Community School Corporation: http://www.ftcsc.k12.in.us/

   • MSD of Decatur Township: http://www.msddecatur.k12.in.us/

   • MSD of Lawrence Township: http://www.ltschools.org

   • MSD of Perry Township: http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us/

   • MSD of Pike Township: http://www.pike.k12.in.us/

   • School Town of Speedway: http://www.speedway.k12.in.us/

   • MSD of Washington Township: http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/

   • MSD of Warren Township: http://www.warren.k12.in.us

   • MSD of Wayne Township: http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/

   • Indianapolis Public Schools: http://www.ips.k12.in.us/

Performance and testing data

1. Annual Performance Data 2001-2002: http://doe.state.in.us/htmls/performance.html

2. School Snapshots (very detailed information about performance, teacher experience and training, student ethnicity, size, location, performance benchmarks, special honors, links to comparison data, schools website, etc.): http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/search.cfm

3. Greatschools.net’s Indiana page (provides general information for parents as well as individual school data and test scores): http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/IN

4. A guide for the media to understanding ISTEP results published by the Indiana Department of Education: http://doe.state.in.us/istep/1999/mediaguide99.html

5. Bottom of ISTEP webpage lists parent and student guides for grade level ISTEP tests: http://doe.state.in.us/istep/welcome.html

Information about public schools of choice

1. Indianapolis Public Schools magnet school website: http://www.magnet.ips.k12.in.us/

2. MSD of Lawrence Township elementary magnet and gifted and talented options: https://district.ltschools.org/about/programs.php

3. MSD of Perry Township school choice program:  http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us/html/school_choice.html

4. MSD of Pike Township year-round school options: http://www.pike.k12.in.us/aboutus/principals.aspx

5. MSD of Warren Township year-round school options: http://www.warren.k12.in.us

6. List of all Indiana charter schools with contact information: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/charterschools/charterlist.html

7. Mayor's charter school website: http://www.indygov.org/eGov/Mayor/Education/Charter/home.htm

8. Ball State University's charter school website: http://www.ics-charter.org