Metropolitan School of Lawrence Township (MSD LT) | |
Established: | 1959 [1] |
Region: | Lawrence Township Marion County, Indiana |
Grades: | K-12 |
Superintendent: | Dr. Shawn A. Smith |
Teachers: | 932 [2] |
Students: | 16,165 [3] |
Conference: | Metropolitan Conference Indiana |
Mascot: | Lawrence Central Bears Lawrence North Wildcats |
Free Label: | 2009 Graduation Rate: |
Free Text: | 85.0% [4] |
Free Label2: | 2011 Graduates |
Location: | 6501 Sunnyside Rd. Indianapolis, Indiana |
Country: | United States |
Schedule: | multiple schedules in use |
Website: | Official website |
The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township is a school district in Lawrence Township in northeast Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. It covers an area of 48sqmi and in 2010 had a student enrollment just under 16,000.[5]
It includes two high schools, two middle schools, eleven elementary schools, four kindergarten centers, and one alternative school for at-risk students of middle-school and high-school age. It also operates a Diploma Recovery Program for adults (over 18) and a Community Education Program.[6]
The district includes eight National Blue Ribbon Schools, which have achieved a 97% graduation rate and over 75% progression to post-secondary education.