North West Hendricks Schools

North West Hendricks Schools is a five-school Indiana district serving roughly 1,958 students across three elementary schools (PK–5), one middle school (6–8), and one high school (9–12), and it ranks #7 of 374 Indiana districts, at the 98th percentile with a 5-star district rating; every school with a 2025–2026 rank history also earned 5 stars.

Tri-West Senior High School is the district’s highest-profile school, ranking 21st of 415 Indiana high schools (95th percentile). Its graduation rate is 95.7% versus 89.7% statewide, SAT Math proficiency is 47.4% versus 25.6% statewide, and SAT reading/writing is 68.18% versus 51.9% statewide, with chronic absenteeism of 5.8%. Tri-West Middle School ranked 24th of 486 middle schools (95th percentile) and posted a striking 100% Biology end-of-course proficiency versus the district’s 70.68%, though its all-grade math (55%) and ELA (65.65%) trail the district’s 64.81% and 69.51%. Pittsboro Elementary School ranked 47th of 1,015 elementary schools (95th percentile), with the district’s strongest all-grade ELA (74.63%) and math (75.52%), its lowest absenteeism (2.8%), and its lowest per-student spending ($11,432).

North Salem Elementary School ranked 85th of 1,015 elementary schools (92nd percentile), with the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (19.05%), highest spending ($12,356), and lowest student-teacher ratio (13.9); its 5th grade social studies score of 82.93% far exceeds the state’s 47.2%, but science all grades (48.78%) falls well below the district’s 62.5%. Pittsboro Primary School, which serves PK–2, has no test scores or rank history here; its absenteeism (5.9%) matches the district and its free/reduced lunch rate (25.3%) is the district’s highest. District-wide absenteeism is 5.9% versus Indiana’s 16.7%.