Indianapolis Public Schools experienced its greatest annual enrollment decline since the pandemic while charter school enrollment also dropped — trends that could signal fundamental challenges for both school types. Overall, 41,663 students attend IPS or charter schools, with roughly 47% at IPS and about 53% at charters. These schools include traditional IPS schools and those in the Innovation Network that are not charter schools. Across the nearly 60 charter schools, overall enrollment dropped from 22,516 to 21,889 — a loss of 627 students, or nearly 3%. IPS, charter demographics remain largely unchangedRacial and ethnic demographics have largely remained the same across district and charter schools.