Summary:
MSD Pike Township serves roughly 10,674 students across 13 schools — 9 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school — in the Indianapolis area, and ranks 281 of 374 districts statewide, placing it in the 25th percentile with a 1-star rating. Enrollment splits with about 48% in elementary, 22% in middle, and 30% in high school; Pike High School is the largest at 3,188 students and New Augusta Public Academy - South the smallest at 437.
Fishback Creek Public Academy is the clear standout: 247 of 1,015, 76th percentile, 4 stars, with ELA 57.38%, Math 54.43%, and Science 51.9% — all well above the district benchmarks of 28.25%, 23%, and 23.34%. Its chronic absenteeism is 11.8%, and its free/reduced lunch rate of 39.02% is the lowest known in the district. New Augusta Public Academy - North is the strongest middle school at the 48th percentile with 2 stars, far ahead of Guion Creek Middle School (18th percentile) and Lincoln Middle School (9th percentile, 0 stars). Eagle Creek Elementary School and Guion Creek Elementary School also outperform district averages with low absenteeism.
Math is the biggest district-wide weakness, especially in middle and high school, where Lincoln Middle posts 9.87% and Pike High's SAT Math is 12.92% against a state rate of 25.6%. Pike High's 90.8% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7%, but chronic absenteeism there is 29.0% and its rank slipped from the 32nd to the 25th percentile. Spending and staffing are not simple levers: Central Elementary School spends the most at $15,524 yet ranks only 20th percentile, while Lincoln Middle has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.9 but the weakest middle school results. Several schools are improving, and the district's average percentile rose from about 24 to about 28.
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