Summary:
Schools in Aspire Charter Academy consist of a single campus: Aspire Charter Academy in Gary, Indiana, at 4900 W 15th Ave. It is classified as an elementary school but serves grades K–8, so it functions as both an elementary and middle-grade program for 684 students. The area lists 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, and the school is also the entire Aspire Charter Academy district, so district and school figures are identical. The student body is very high-poverty, with 96.05% qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and per-student spending was $16,911 in 2023–24, with a student–teacher ratio of 20.7 in 2024–25.
Accountability results have slipped over three years. The school ranked 684 of 1,011 (32nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24, 780 of 1,005 (22nd percentile, 1 star) in 2024–25, and 829 of 1,015 (18th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26; the district ranks 297 of 374 (21st percentile, 1 star). Chronic absenteeism was 25.8% in 2024–25, above Indiana's 16.7%. All-grade proficiency fell in all three reported subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA dropped 5.51 percentage points to 25.13%, Math slipped 0.77 points to 20.85%, and Science dropped 3.90 points to 15.22%.
Nearly every grade-level comparison trails the state. The clearest bright spot is 6th grade ELA, at 41.1% proficient versus 41.3% statewide, a gap of only 0.2 percentage points. The weakest results are 5th grade Math (7.55% vs. 42%), 4th grade Science (12.31% vs. 43.8%), and 5th grade Social Studies (20.75% vs. 47.2%). Social Studies improved from 13.51% to 20.75%, but the state rose as well, leaving a 26.45-point gap. 6th grade Math (28.77%) and 6th grade Science (17.81%) are the school's stronger results in those subjects.
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