Summary:
MSD Wayne Township, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, includes three high schools — Ben Davis High School (grades 10–12, 3,315 students), Achieve Virtual Education Academy (grades 7–12, 668 students), and Ben Davis University High School (grades 10–12, 375 students) — with a combined high school enrollment of 4,358, where Ben Davis High alone accounts for 76.1% of students.
Ben Davis University High School stands out as the strongest performer on nearly every measure, despite being the smallest school. It is rated 4 stars and ranks 69 of 415 schools (83rd percentile), while the district overall ranks 22nd percentile with 1 star. Its graduation rate is 99.0% and chronic absenteeism is 7.2% — far better than the district's 82.4% and 22.1%, and the state's 89.7% and 16.7%. Its SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency is 60.83% (2025–26) and 60.77% (2024–25), above the state's 51.9% and 54.5%; SAT Math is 25% in 2025–26, near the state's 25.6%, and above the district in both years. Notably, it has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (73.6%) and the highest per-student spending ($15,391) of the three schools. Its Biology EOC school-level value is not shown for 2025–26.
Ben Davis High School is the largest school and holds a 1-star rating with 20th-percentile rank. Its graduation rate of 89.8% is essentially tied with the state's 89.7%, but chronic absenteeism is 37.5% and proficiency is low: Biology EOC 7.69% (2025–26), SAT ERW 28.56%, and SAT Math 10.53%. Achieve Virtual Education Academy has the most mixed profile: it reports 0.0% chronic absenteeism and strong snapshots such as 60% Biology EOC proficiency in 2025–26 and 50% ELA All Grades in 2024–25, yet its graduation rate is just 50.8% and SAT Math is 7.5%. Its star rating has swung from 3 to 1 to 2 stars across three years, and it spends the least per student ($8,036) with the highest student-teacher ratio (24.5).
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