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Charles A Tindley Accelerated School

At a glance

337^thof 374 Indiana districts▼ 6

Better than 9% of Indiana districts

High 1Grades 7-12

3960 Meadows Dr
Indianapolis, IN 46205·(317) 545-1745·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 9.9% of districts

School

309

Students

Top rankedCharles A Tindley Accelerated School356^th of 415 Indiana high schools

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Summary:

Charles A Tindley Accelerated School is the only school in this area, serving grades 7–12 as a high school with 309 students in Indianapolis, and it also operates as its own district, so school and district figures are identical throughout the data.

Parents should know that this school ranks near the bottom of Indiana's reported distribution: 337 of 374 districts, at the 10th percentile with 1 star. Its ranking history has fluctuated near the bottom, from the 9th percentile with 0 stars in 2023–2024, up to the 21st percentile with 1 star in 2024–2025, then back to the 14th percentile in 2025–2026 with 1 star. Chronic absenteeism is 29.7%, compared with 16.7% statewide, and 72.82% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending was $19,128 in 2023–2024, with a 12.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio. The graduation rate was 82.8%, below the state's 89.7% but a smaller gap than most test-score measures.

Academically, math is the clearest weakness. All-grades ILEARN Math was reported as 0% in 2024–2025 and 9.52% in 2025–2026, with 7th-grade Math at 8.51% (state 35.9%), 8th-grade Math at 10.34% (state 34.2%), and SAT Math at 7.5% (state 25.6%). Reading and writing are relatively stronger: SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was 30% (state 51.9%), 7th-grade ELA was 25.53% (state 41.7%), and 8th-grade ELA was 15.52% (state 44%). Year over year, all-grades ELA rose from 16.26% to 20% and all-grades Math rose from 0% to 9.52%, but Biology End-of-Course dropped from 25.58% to 11.54%, and both SAT subjects declined slightly.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)			ILEARN Math (2026)			ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Charles A Tindley Accelerated School	Public, Charter	7-12	3960 Meadows Dr	Indianapolis	46205	Marion County	Charles A Tindley Accelerated School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 545-1745	309	24	12.8	72.8%	2 (0.6%)	245 (79.3%)	50 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	13.8	356^th of 415 public high schools	14.2%		21.2	339^th of 429 public high schools	21.0%	17	30.0	7.5	25.5	15.5	20.0	8.5	10.3	9.5	11.5	$19,701	$1,587	$18,114

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tindley Genesis Academy	0.1 mi	1	352^nd
Avondale Meadows Middle School	0.13 mi	1	308^th
Avondale Meadows Academy	0.13 mi	1	369^th
Excel Center - Meadows	0.17 mi	1
GEO Next Generation Academy	0.46 mi	1	358^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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