Summary:
Christel House Academy South is a small school district in Indianapolis, Indiana, made up of 2 schools serving about 971 students: Christel House Academy South, a K–8 elementary/middle school with 513 students, and Christel House Watanabe Manual High School, a 9–12 campus with 458 students. The district has no separately listed middle school, so the K–8 building covers both elementary and middle grades. Overall, the Christel House Academy South district ranks 333 of 374 in Indiana — the 11th percentile — and both schools carry a 1-star rating.
Comparing the two schools, the high school looks somewhat stronger on rankings, graduation, and resources. It ranks 338 of 415 (19th percentile) versus the elementary school's 875 of 1015 (14th percentile). It reports a 91.1% graduation rate, above Indiana's 89.7%. It also has lower poverty (69.43% free/reduced lunch vs. 80.31%), smaller classes (14.0 vs. 14.8 students per teacher), and higher spending ($13,793 vs. $13,128 per student). Chronic absenteeism is nearly identical and very high at both — 36.5% at the high school and 36.0% at the elementary school, against a state rate of 16.7%.
Proficiency is low at both schools, with every measure below state where a comparison exists. The elementary school's strongest results are 3rd-grade Math at 32.2%, 8th-grade ELA at 30.56%, and 4th-grade Math at 29.79%; its weakest are 8th-grade Math at 6.94% and 6th-grade Math at 8.7%. The high school's best figure is SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing at 34.55%, while SAT Math is 8.18%. Trends are mixed: elementary ELA and Science improved year over year while Math slipped slightly; the high school's SAT ERW improved but SAT Math and Biology declined, and its rank percentile has fallen from 26 to 19 over three years. Families should weigh the strong graduation rate and early-grade math peaks against chronic absenteeism and wide proficiency gaps.
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