Summary:
Schools in Career Academy High School consist of a single campus: Career Academy High School, a public high school serving grades 9–12 with 481 students in South Bend, Indiana (46628). The surrounding area reports 1 high school and no elementary, middle, or alternative schools, and the district of the same name contains only this one school, so district figures mirror school figures throughout.
The school’s strengths center on completion and class size. Its graduation rate is 97.2% in 2024–25, above Indiana’s 89.7% by 7.5 percentage points, and its student-teacher ratio is a relatively low 10.2:1, with spending of $16,034 per student in 2023–24. Just over half of students (53.85%) are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Academic proficiency and attendance are the main concerns. In 2025–26, SAT Mathematics proficiency was only 3.88%, down from 8.55% the prior year, against 25.6% statewide; SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing fell from 41.88% to 34.95%, compared with 51.9% statewide; and Biology End of Course results slipped from 25.00% to 23.71%. Chronic absenteeism stands at 30.8%, nearly double the state’s 16.7%. The school has held a 1-star rating in each of the last three rank-history years (percentiles 24, 25, then 18) and currently ranks 322 of 374, at the 14th percentile. The key takeaway for families: this school graduates students at a high rate with small classes, but test scores and attendance lag well behind the state.
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