Career Academy High School

Summary:

Career Academy High School is the sole public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in South Bend, Indiana, with a total enrollment of 448 students. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 244 out of 398 Indiana high schools in 2022-2023 to 320 out of 429 in 2024-2025, and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Career Academy High School has struggled, with only 25% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/Biology and 8.55% proficient or better in SAT/Mathematics for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 is 88.4%, and the chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8%. These academic challenges may be influenced by the school's high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (54.91%) and the relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.8.

Despite the school's resource allocation, with a per-student spending of $16,034 for the 2023-2024 school year, the declining performance and academic challenges suggest that Career Academy High School may need to re-evaluate its strategies and explore ways to optimize the use of its resources to improve student outcomes and overall school effectiveness.

District Detail

3801 Crescent Cir
South Bend, IN 46628

(574) 299-9800

SchoolDigger Rank:
286^th of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: 9-12
Students: 481

Primary Schools: 0
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Career Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3801 Crescent Circle	South Bend	46628	St. Joseph County	Career Academy High School	Yes	No	No	No	(574) 299-9800	481	47	10.2	53.8%	214 (44.5%)	166 (34.5%)	53 (11.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.7%)	26.5	320^th of 429 public high schools	25.4%		23.8	328^th of 432 public high schools	24.1%	8	41.9	8.6	25.0	$16,034	$5,545	$10,489

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Career Academy Middle School	0 mi	1	309^th
South Bend Community School Corp	2.68 mi	34	310^th
Success Academy Primary School	3.33 mi	1	335^th
Excel Center - South Bend	3.94 mi	1	371^st
The Portage School of Leaders	5.15 mi	1

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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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