Metropolitan School District of Pike Township
School district in Indiana, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township is a school district in the northwestern portion of Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1937 for grades K-12, the district is relatively diverse, with a 91.1% nonwhite student population, with over 400 international students who represent 41 different countries and speak 50 languages.[citation needed]
The district has nine elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school, and one alternative learning school. The average student/teacher ratio is 17 to 1 in academic classrooms. It maintains a 94% graduation rate at the high school level, with nearly 64% proceeding to post-secondary education. Four of its schools—Fishback, New Augusta South, New Augusta North, and Eagle Creek—are year-round schools. The high school, Pike High School, is an International Baccalaureate school as of 2004, and boasts a Freshman Center, opening the same year.