Summary:
MSD Decatur Township is an Indiana district serving roughly 6,485 students across 9 schools — 7 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school — and it ranks 269th of 374 districts statewide (28th percentile, 1 star), placing it in Indiana's lower quartile.
The district splits into two very different tiers. Decatur High Ability Academy ranks 3rd of 1,015 elementary schools (100th percentile, 5 stars), with ELA at 77.78%, Math at 91.92%, Science at 93.33%, and just 6.5% chronic absenteeism against the district's 24.4%. Because it is a small, selective academy of only 103 students, its results should be read differently from neighborhood schools. Among traditional elementaries, West Newton Elementary School is the strongest balanced performer (ELA 33.14%, Math 31.27%, Science 34.52%), while Blue Academy posts the best traditional Math score at 37.00% with low absenteeism of 11.7%. Stephen Decatur Elementary School is the clearest concern, with the district's lowest ELA at 14.65% and highest free/reduced lunch rate at 70.77%.
Secondary results show the district's weakest area is math. Decatur Central High School has the highest chronic absenteeism at 38.4%, SAT Math at 10.02% versus the state's 25.6%, and SAT ELA at 36.4% versus 51.9% — yet its 91.0% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7%. Decatur Middle School reports ELA 25.13% and Math 16.41%, below district averages, alongside an unusual Biology EOC result of 91.43% that likely reflects a small advanced cohort. Spending also does not track with outcomes: Gold Academy spends the most at $13,810 per student but sits in the 20th percentile.
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