The district is currently creating a strategic plan that will address issues around differences in student achievement along racial and income groups. The district’s most recent graduation rate is 79.6%, below the state average of 87%.

This year, nearly 12% of Wayne Township students passed both the math and English sections of the ILEARN test - a 12-point drop from before the pandemic. Thirty-seven percent of students are Black, 30% are Hispanic, and around 67% identified as low-income during the last school year. Four of seven school board seats are on the ballot for the district in the western part of Marion County, which educates more than 16,000 students. RSVP and submit questions here.Īll candidates in the election for the board of Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township are uncontested. 5 at the Indianapolis Public Library, Central Branch. Join Chalkbeat Indiana and WFYI to hear from candidates for IPS school board at a forum at 6 p.m. This article was co-published by Chalkbeat Indiana and WFYI as part of a collaboration ahead of the 2022 school board elections.

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