Chandler Innovation Academy

Chandler Innovation Academy is an alternative K–12 school at 419 S. 8th St. in Goshen, Indiana, enrolling 357 students as part of Goshen Community Schools. No other individual schools were listed within 20 miles for a direct comparison, so the benchmarks below come from the district and the state.

For 2024–2025, Chandler Innovation Academy reports a graduation rate of 14.8%, compared with 83.1% for the district and 89.7% statewide — a gap of roughly 68 and 75 percentage points. Reported assessment results are similarly low: 0% proficiency in ILEARN English language arts and math across all grades, 0% in SAT Math for 11th grade, 15% in the Biology end-of-course exam, and 17.86% in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing. About 61.06% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student/teacher ratio is 37.5, which suggests limited adult capacity per student.

Context matters here. Alternative schools often serve students who are off track, credit-deficient, over-age, or facing behavioral or health challenges, so their graduation and test-score numbers usually look different from a traditional high school's — the fairest peer group is other alternative schools, not the district or state average. It's also worth noting that the district itself sits below the Indiana average (ranked 237 of 374 districts, 37th percentile, 2 stars). The sharpest red flag in the data is math, with 0% proficiency in ILEARN Math and SAT Math; the broadest concern is completion. School-level graduation data cover only 2024–2025, so it isn't possible to tell whether these figures are improving or declining.