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Excel Center - Anderson

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
352nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 429 Indiana High Schools
Better than 18% of Indiana high schools
Summary

Excel Center - Anderson is a public charter high school in Anderson, Indiana, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 308. The school is part of the Excel Center - Anderson District, which is ranked 313 out of 380 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Excel Center - Anderson consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in Indiana, with rankings between 352 and 418 out of 429-431 high schools over the past few years. Its academic performance is very low, with only 27.27% of 11th graders proficient or better in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing and just 9.09% proficient or better in SAT/Mathematics. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.8% to 97.8% in recent years, and four-year graduation rates between 17.8% and 88.4%, which are well below the state average. Additionally, 55.19% to 84.19% of the students at Excel Center - Anderson qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

When compared to nearby high-performing schools like Yorktown High School and Shenandoah High School, Excel Center - Anderson significantly underperforms in academic metrics, graduation rates, and student engagement. These nearby schools generally have higher rankings, better test scores, and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, Excel Center - Anderson spends between $3,411 and $4,599 per student, which is lower than the spending levels of the nearby high-performing schools, and has a higher student-teacher ratio ranging from 10.6 to 30.8.

321
Students ?
32.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$3,411
Per pupil spending ?
31.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 630 Nichols Ave
       Anderson, IN  46016

(317) 524-3930

District: Excel Center - Anderson

Racial breakdown:

White:
51.4%
Hispanic:
24.3%
African American:
19.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — <1st percentile in 2023 → 18th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 18th (2025) from a <1st-percentile low (2023)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Indiana average (18% vs 40% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Indiana average (19% vs 90%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school18%
District avg18%
Indiana avg40%
352nd of 429
Indiana public high schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 9 pts since 2015
From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
313th of 380Excel Center - Anderson 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202518.7352 of 42917.9%★☆☆☆☆
20245.6419 of 4323.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.6397 of 3980.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.1395 of 4093.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20210.7384 of 3881.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201534.2293 of 40026.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20244.7389 of 3920.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.1387 of 3880.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20245.8371 of 3771.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.6377 of 3790.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
20242.8377 of 3811.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.2374 of 3750.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.6371 of 3781.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)2nd percentile~ school
White (2024)1st percentile~ school
Female (2024)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?
Evidence-based Reading and Writing27%-27 vs state
Mathematics9%-16 vs state

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Students at Excel Center - Anderson are 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Excel Center - Anderson ranks in the bottom 17.9% of Indiana high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 321 students attended Excel Center - Anderson.

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Latest Indiana data All new data »
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 5, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataSep 4, 2025
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJul 16, 2025
2024–25 ILEARN & SAT test scoresJul 16, 2025


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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