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Pendleton Juvenile Correctional

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Public
Grades 5-12
416th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 429 Indiana High Schools
Better than 3% of Indiana high schools
Summary

Pendleton Juvenile Correctional is a public high school in Pendleton, Indiana that serves grades 5-12 and has a small student population of 180. As part of the Indiana Department of Correction district, which is ranked 342 out of 380 districts in the state, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Indiana high schools based on its academic performance.

The school's students perform significantly lower than state and district averages on standardized tests like the SAT and ILEARN. For example, in 2024-2025, 0% of Pendleton Juvenile Correctional students were proficient in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing and Math, compared to 5.56% and 2.78% for the Indiana Department of Correction district. Pendleton Juvenile Correctional also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 0% to 19.2% in recent years, which is much higher than nearby public high schools like Fishers High School and Hamilton Southeastern High School.

However, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional has a very low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 6 to 7.6 students per teacher in recent years, which is much lower than the nearby public high schools. The available data also shows that 15.03% of Pendleton Juvenile Correctional students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, but the data is incomplete for other years. As a juvenile correctional facility, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional likely faces unique challenges in supporting the academic and social-emotional needs of its incarcerated student population, and targeted funding and resources could potentially improve outcomes for this vulnerable student community.

180
Students ?
6.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
15%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 9310 S Sr 67
       Pendleton, IN  46064

(765) 778-3778

District: Indiana Department of Correction

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.7%
African American:
31.1%
Two or more races:
11.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2009 → 3rd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 6 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Indiana average (0% vs 40% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Evidence-based Reading and Writing scores 55 pts below the Indiana average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school0%
District avg4%
Indiana avg40%
416th of 429
Indiana public high schools ?
Bottom 3%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 3High Schools in the Indiana Department of Correction
342nd of 380Indiana Department of Correction among Indiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20254.6416 of 4293.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.6385 of 43210.9%★☆☆☆☆
20233.6393 of 3981.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.3375 of 4098.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.3381 of 3881.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.4385 of 3891.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20150.2400 of 4000.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.2362 of 3640.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202510.9130 of 1321.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.5113 of 1259.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20253.2386 of 3860.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.4370 of 3925.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.2381 of 3830.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.714 of 1822.2%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202514.3289 of 2983.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202456.694 of 28967.5%★★★☆☆
202315.9267 of 2856.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202283.82 of 560.0%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20252.5377 of 3770.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.9350 of 3787.4%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
High school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile~ school
African American (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)<1st percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)<1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?
Evidence-based Reading and Writing0%-55 vs state
Mathematics0%-25 vs state

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Pendleton Juvenile Correctional ranks in the bottom 3.0% of Indiana high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 180 students attended Pendleton Juvenile Correctional.

Students at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional are 47% White, 31% African American, 11% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.


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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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