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Best Schools in Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, IN has 654 public schools (92 high, 90 middle, 397 elementary) serving 383,140 students. On average they score 41% on state proficiency tests against a projected 37%, so schools in Indianapolis meet expectations. Rankings below compare each school’s actual results with the projection for its socioeconomic context.
Best High Schools in Indianapolis, IN
The top high schools in Indianapolis, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. Carmel High School
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Projected Test Scores
Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 5192 Students
2. Zionsville Community High School
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Zionsville Community Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 2255 Students
3. Fishers High School
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Hamilton Southeastern Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 3674 Students
4. Westfield High School
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Westfield-washington Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 2665 Students
5. Hamilton Southeastern Hs
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Hamilton Southeastern Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 3450 Students
6. Brownsburg High School
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Brownsburg Community School Corp • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 3177 Students
7. Tri-west Senior High School
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North West Hendricks Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 615 Students
8. Herron High School
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Herron Charter • Charter • Grades 9 - 12 • 995 Students
9. Noblesville High School
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Noblesville Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 3227 Students
10. Mt Vernon High School
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Mt Vernon Community School Corp • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1431 Students
Best Middle Schools in Indianapolis, IN
The top middle schools in Indianapolis, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. Creekside Middle School
SchoolGrade
Actual Test Scores
Projected Test Scores
Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1349 Students
2. Brownsburg West Middle School
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Brownsburg Community School Corp • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1043 Students
3. Avon Middle School South
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Avon Community School Corp • Public • Grades 7 - 8 • 835 Students
4. Merle Sidener Gifted Academy
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Indianapolis Public Schools • Public • Grades 1 - 5 • 300 Students
5. Hamilton Se Int And Jr High Sch
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Hamilton Southeastern Schools • Public • Grades 5 - 8 • 1269 Students
6. Avon Middle School North
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Avon Community School Corp • Public • Grades 7 - 8 • 854 Students
7. Clay Middle School
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Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1423 Students
8. Zionsville Middle School
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Zionsville Community Schools • Public • Grades 5 - 8 • 1335 Students
9. Brownsburg East Middle School
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Brownsburg Community School Corp • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1340 Students
10. Westfield Intermediate School
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Westfield-washington Schools • Public • Grades 5 - 6 • 1420 Students
Best Elementary Schools in Indianapolis, IN
The top elementary schools in Indianapolis, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. West Clay Elementary School
SchoolGrade
Actual Test Scores
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Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 599 Students
2. Zionsville Pleasant View Elem Sch
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Zionsville Community Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 4 • 817 Students
3. College Wood Elementary School
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Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 644 Students
4. Oak Trace Elementary School
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Westfield-washington Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 4 • 586 Students
5. Saints Francis & Clare Of Assisi School
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Saints Francis & Clare Of Assisi School • Private • Grades Pre K - 8 • 363 Students
6. Our Lady Of Mt Carmel School
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Our Lady Of Mt Carmel School • Private • Grades KG - 8 • 624 Students
7. Prairie Trace Elementary School
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Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 697 Students
8. St Louis De Montfort Catholic School
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St Louis De Montfort Catholic School • Private • Grades Pre K - 8 • 546 Students
9. Delaware Trail Elementary School
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Brownsburg Community School Corp • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 600 Students
10. Smoky Row Elementary School
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Carmel Clay Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 675 Students
Education & Community Snapshot in Indianapolis, IN
City-level factors that shape the learning environment around local schools.
Community Factors
Indianapolis, IN has a total population of 2,089,673 with 26% of that population attending schools. The adult high school graduation rate is 91%, and 38% of adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Students in Indianapolis, IN
K-12 Students
High School Graduates
Adults 25+ with HS diplomas
College Graduates
Adults 25+ with a Bachelor’s degree or higher
Demographics statistics provided by Best Neighborhood Indianapolis, IN.
Safety
Crime Grades summarize reported incidents per 1,000 residents. Use them as neighborhood context, not a school rating.
Overall Crime Grade
17.22 per 1,000 Residents
Violent Crime Grade
3.01 per 1,000 Residents
Property Crime Grade
14.21 per 1,000 Residents
Crime statistics provided by CrimeGrade in Indianapolis, IN.
Connectivity
Connectivity influences learning at home. We summarize internet infrastructure, typical download speed, and a digital connectivity index for Indianapolis, IN.
ISP Report Card
Internet Infrastructure Grade
Average Download Speed
Speed Most Residents Can Get
Digital Connectivity Index
ISP Connectivity Demand Report
To read more about these statistics, please visit Indianapolis, IN Internet Health Assessment.
Questions About Schools in Indianapolis, IN
How many schools are in Indianapolis, IN?
Indianapolis, IN has 654 public schools: 92 high schools, 90 middle schools and 397 elementary schools, serving 383,140 students in total.
How do schools in Indianapolis perform on state tests?
On average, 654 schools in Indianapolis score 41% proficient on state assessments. Given the socioeconomic context of their students we project 37%, so on average schools in Indianapolis meet expectations.
How does SchoolGrade rank the best schools in Indianapolis?
Every public school gets a SchoolGrade from A+ to F based on the share of students at or above the state proficiency bar. The Impact Grade compares that result with what we would expect given the school’s student and community context, so schools that outperform their circumstances stand out. Schools cannot pay to change a grade. Read the full methodology.
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- Actual: 38%
- Projected: 33%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 21%
- Projected: 20%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 32%
- Projected: 33%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 44%
- Projected: 31%
- Impact Grade: Greatly Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 41%
- Projected: 34%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 37%
- Projected: 33%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 28%
- Projected: 26%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 29%
- Projected: 26%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 25%
- Projected: 31%
- Impact Grade: Doesn't Meet Expectations
- Actual: 26%
- Projected: 26%
- Impact Grade: Doesn't Meet Expectations
Every school in Indianapolis
209 of 233 schools in Indianapolis carry a SchoolGrade (24 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 11B: 21C: 35D: 87F: 55
All 233 public schools we grade in Indianapolis. The ranked lists above show the top ten per level; every school has its own page.
All schools, A to Z (233)
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
- Ace Preparatory Academy
- Achieve Virtual Education Academy
- Achieve Virtual Elementary
- Acton Elementary School
- Allegiant Preparatory Academy
- Allisonville Elementary School
- Amy Beverland Elementary
- Andrew J Brown Academy
- Anna Brochhausen School 88
- Arlington Community Middle School
- Arlington Elementary School
- Arlington Woods School 99
- Arsenal Technical High School
- Avondale Meadows Academy
- Avondale Meadows Middle School
- Believe Circle City High School
- Belzer Middle School
- Ben Davis High School
- Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center
- Ben Davis University High School
- Bethel Park Elementary Piloted Schools
- Blue Academy
- Bridgeport Elementary School
- Brook Park Elementary School
- Brookside School 54
- Brookview Elementary School
- Bunker Hill Elementary School
- Carl Wilde School 79
- Center For Inquiry School 2
- Center For Inquiry School 27
- Center For Inquiry School 70
- Center For Inquiry School 84
- Central Elementary School
- Chapel Glen Elementary School
- Chapel Hill 7th And 8th Grade Center
- Chapelwood Elementary School
- Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch
- Charles Warren Fairbanks Sch 105
- Christel House Academy South
- Christel House Academy West
- Christel House Watanabe Manual High School
- Christian Park School 82
- Circle City Preparatory Elementary School
- Clarence Farrington School 61
- Clearwater Elementary School
- Clinton Young Elementary School
- Cold Spring School
- College Park Elementary School
- Creston Intermediate And Middle Schl
- Crestview Elementary School
- Crispus Attucks High School
- Crooked Creek Elementary School
- Damar Charter Academy
- Daniel Webster School 46
- Decatur Central High School
- Decatur Middle School
- Deer Run Elementary
- Douglas Macarthur Elementary Sch
- Dynamic Minds Academy
- Eagle Creek Elementary School
- Early Learning Center
- Eastbrook Elementary School
- Eastridge Elementary School
- Eastwood Middle School
- Edgewood Intermediate School
- Edison School Of The Arts 47
- Eleanor Skillen School 34
- Emma Donnan Elementary And Middle
- Emmerich Manual High School
- Enlace Academy
- Ernie Pyle School 90
- Excel Center For Adult Learners
- Excel Center Lafayette Square
- Excel Center University Heights
- Fall Creek Valley Middle School
- Fishback Creek Public Academy
- Floro Torrence School 83
- Forest Glen Elementary School
- Fox Hill Elementary School
- Francis Bellamy Pre-school Center
- Francis W Parker School 56
- Franklin Central High School
- Franklin Central Junior High
- Frederick Douglass School 19
- Garden City Elementary School
- Geo Next Generation Academy
- George S Buck School 94
- George W Julian School 57
- George Washington Carver School 87
- George Washington High School
- Glenns Valley Elementary School
- Global Preparatory Academy
- Gold Academy
- Grassy Creek Elementary School
- Greenbriar Elementary School
- Guion Creek Elementary School
- Guion Creek Middle School
- H L Harshman Middle School
- Harrison Hill Elementary School
- Hawthorne Elementary School
- Herron High School
- Herron Preparatory Academy
- Hilltop School
- Him By Her Collegiate School For The Arts
- Homecroft Elementary School
- Hoosier College And Career Academy
- Hw Longfellow Medstem Magnet Midl
- Impact Academy 1
- Impact Academy 2
- Impact Academy 3
- In Math And Science Academy
- In Math And Science Academy North
- In Sch For The Blind And Vis Imprd
- Indian Creek Elementary School
- Indiana Connections Academy
- Indiana Connections Career Academy
- Indiana School For The Deaf
- Indianapolis Metropolitan High Sch
- Indy Steam Academy
- Invent Learning Hub
- Ipsbutler Lab At Eliza Blaker 55
- Ipsbutler Lab At William Bell 60
- Irvington Community School
- James A Garfield School 31
- James And Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School
- James And Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School
- James Russell Lowell School 51
- James Whitcomb Riley School 43
- Jeremiah Gray Elementary School
- Jonathan Jennings School 109
- Kipp Indy College Prep Middle
- Kipp Indy Legacy High
- Kipp Indy Unite Elementary
- Lakeside Elementary School
- Lawrence Central High School
- Lawrence North High School
- Lew Wallace School 107
- Liberty Grove Schools
- Liberty Park Elementary School
- Lillie Idella Kitley Intermediate
- Lincoln Middle School
- Louis B Russell JR School 48
- Lowell Elementary School
- Lynhurst 7th And 8th Grade Center
- Lynwood Elementary
- Maplewood Elementary School
- Mary Adams Elementary School
- Mary Bryan Elementary School
- Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary Sch
- Matchbook Learning
- Mcclelland Elementary School
- Meredith Nicholson School 96
- Merle Sidener Gifted Academy
- Monarca Academy
- New Augusta Public Academy North
- New Augusta Public Academy South
- Nora Elementary School
- North Central High School
- North Wayne Elementary School
- Northview Middle School
- Northwest Community Middle School
- Oaklandon Elementary School
- Paramount Brookside
- Paramount Cottage Home
- Paramount Englewood
- Paramount Online Academy
- Paul I Miller School 114
- Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy
- Perry Meridian High School
- Perry Meridian Middle School
- Phalen At Francis Scott Key 103
- Phalen Leadership Academy In Inc
- Phalen Virtual Leadership Academy
- Pike High School
- Pla At George H Fisher School 93
- Pleasant Run Elementary School
- Promise Prep
- Purdue Polytechnic High Sch North
- Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58
- Raymond F Brandes School 65
- Raymond Park Intermediate And Middle
- Rhoades Elementary School
- Rise Learning Center
- Riverside High School
- Robert Lee Frost School 106
- Robey Elementary School
- Rooted School Indianapolis
- Rosa Parks Elementary School
- Rousseau Mcclellan School 91
- Se Neighborhood Sch Of Excellence
- Shortridge High School
- Skiles Test Elementary School
- Snacks Crossing Elementary School
- South Creek Elementary
- Southport 6th Grade Academy
- Southport Elementary School
- Southport High School
- Southport Middle School
- Spring Mill Elementary School
- Stephen Decatur Elementary School
- Stonybrook Intermediate And Middle
- Stout Field Elementary School
- Sunny Heights Elementary School
- Sunnyside Elementary School
- The Genius School
- The Hope Academy Inc
- The Nature School Of Central Indiana
- The Path School
- Theodore Potter School 74
- Thomas D Gregg School 15
- Thompson Crossing Elementary Sch
- Thrival Academy
- Tindley Genesis Academy
- Tindley Summit Academy
- Urban Act Academy
- Valley Mills Elementary School
- Vanguard Collegiate Of Indy
- Victory College Prep Academy
- Vision Academy
- Wanamaker Early Learning Center
- Warren Central High School
- Warren Early Childhood Center
- Warren Online Academy
- Westlake Elementary School
- Westlane Middle School
- William Henry Burkhart Elementary
- William Mckinley School 39
- William Penn School 49
- Willow Lake Elementary School
- Winchester Village Elementary
- Winding Ridge Elementary School
Private schools (74)
Private schools have a SchoolGrade only where their state publishes their test results.
- A Children's Habitat Montessori School
- Apogee School For The Gifted
- Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
- Burge Terrace Christian School
- Calvary Christian School
- Calvary Lutheran School
- Capitol City Seventh-day Adventist School
- Cardinal Ritter High School
- Cathedral High School
- Central Catholic
- Central Christian Academy
- Chapel Hill Christian School
- Christ Temple Christian Academy
- Colonial Christian School
- Cornerstone Baptist Academy
- Covenant Christian High School
- Crosspointe Christian Academy
- Emmaus Lutheran School
- Fall Creek Montessori Academy
- Geo Focus Academy
- Gray Road Christian School
- Hagia Sophia Classical Academy
- Harriot Tubman School Of Excellence
- Hasten Hebrew Academy
- Heritage Christian School
- Holy Angels Catholic School
- Holy Cross Central School
- Holy Cross Lutheran School
- Horizon Christian School
- International Montessori School
- International School Of Indiana
- Islamic Academy Of Indianapolis
- Kindercare Learning Center #1488
- Legacy Learning Center
- Little Flower Catholic School
- Lumen Christi Catholic School
- Lutheran High School Of Indianapolis
- Maria Montessori International Aca
- Nativity Catholic School
- Northside Montessori
- Providence Cristo Rey High School
- Purpose Of Life Academy
- Roncalli High School
- Scecina Memorial High School
- School For Community Learning
- School Of Knowledge
- Shepherd Community Academy
- Southport Presbyterian Christian School
- St Barnabas School
- St Christopher School
- St Joan Of Arc/diocese
- St John Evangelical Lutheran School
- St Jude Catholic School
- St Lawrence Catholic School
- St Luke Catholic School
- St Mark Catholic School
- St Matthew Catholic School
- St Michael-st. Gabriel Archangels Catholic Eleme
- St Monica Catholic School
- St Richard's Episcopal School
- St Roch Catholic School
- St Simon The Apostle School
- St Thomas Aquinas School
- Suburban Christian School
- Sycamore School
- The Independence Academy
- The Oaks Academy
- The Oaks Academy
- The Oaks Academy - Brookside
- The Orchard School
- Tp Schools
- Trinity Christian School
- Trinity Lutheran School
- Worthmore Academy
Neighborhoods and places within Indianapolis (29)
- Aspen Ridge
- Bayswater
- Broad Ripple
- Carson Heights
- Carson Square
- Castleton
- Chapel Hill Village
- Chatham Arch
- Devington
- Downtown Indianapolis
- Eagledale
- Geist
- Glenroy Village
- Hearth Stone
- Highland Vicinity
- Irvington
- Little Flower
- Mapleton Fall Creek
- Martindale Brightwood
- Meridian Kessler
- New Bethel
- Nora
- North Willow Farms
- Raymond Park
- St Joseph Historic Neighborhood
- University Heights And Rosedale Hills
- Venerable Flackville
- West Edgewood
- Westchester Estates