Truth Summary
Indianapolis Public Schools is struggling to compete with charter, private and township schools in the battle to attract students. For the third year in a row, the city’s largest district is bracing for yet another decline in enrollment.
Despite efforts to attract students through popular school choice programs, initiatives that give principals more freedom to experiment and a campaign to relaunch some failing traditional schools as “innovation” partnerships, IPS is expecting to see its enrollment drop by 968 students next year.
