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Lawrence North High School

Q: Is Lawrence North High School a good school?

Lawrence North High School ranks 287 th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

287^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 415 Indiana High Schools

Better than 31% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Lawrence North High School is a large public high school serving grades 9–12 with 2,799 students in the Lawrence Township area of northeast Indianapolis. It is part of MSD Lawrence Township, and its 2025–26 state rank was 287th of 415 schools (31st percentile, 2 stars), meaning it performs near the middle of Indiana’s schools and close to its own district’s average.

The school’s clearest strength is getting students to graduation: 93.0% graduated in 2024–25, above Indiana’s 89.7% and second only to North Central High School (94.4%) among nearby comparison schools. Chronic absenteeism has fallen from 40.0% in 2020–21 to 21.4% in 2024–25, and Biology proficiency rose from 10.0% to 37.4% over three years. It also outperforms its district sibling Lawrence Central High School on graduation, absenteeism, Biology, and both SAT subjects—including SAT Math at 15.1% versus 7.4%. Nearby charter options differ sharply: Purdue Polytechnic High School North ranks higher but serves only 229 students and has lower Biology proficiency (18.2%) and higher chronic absenteeism (35.1%), while Hoosier College and Career Academy is larger but ranks at the 11th percentile. The school does this with $11,467 per pupil, the second-lowest spending in its comparison group.

Assessment results remain the main concern. SAT Evidence-based Reading & Writing proficiency is 35.6% versus Indiana’s 51.9%, and SAT Math is 15.1% versus 25.6%; math is the weakest area. The school graduates most students but far fewer reach proficiency on state assessments. Outcomes also vary widely across student groups: low-income students rank at the 24th percentile, and female students at the 25th, even as the school’s overall rank has rebounded to the 31st percentile. That rebound is real but still inside the school’s ten-year range of roughly the 25th–34th percentile, so families should see the school as stable and improving rather than transformed.

2,799

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,467

Per pupil spending ?

51.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7802 N Hague Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46256

(317) 964-7700

District: MSD Lawrence Township

Feeder schools for Lawrence North High School:

Elementary:	Crestview Elementary School
	Indian Creek Elementary School
	Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary School
	Sunnyside Elementary School
Middle:	Fall Creek Valley Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

42.9%

Hispanic:

30.6%

White:

19.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 33rd percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (29% vs 39% meeting standards)

!Evidence-based Reading and Writing scores 16 pts below the Indiana average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school29%

District avg28%

Indiana avg39%

287^th of 415

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 31%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the MSD Lawrence Township

263^rd of 374MSD Lawrence Township 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	32.6	287 of 415	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.6	314 of 429	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	323 of 432	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	294 of 398	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.3	286 of 409	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.0	270 of 388	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.2	258 of 389	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.2	290 of 385	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	39.9	252 of 380	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	39.4	264 of 394	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	37.2	277 of 400	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	39.2	221 of 379	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	44.7	171 of 353	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	42.4	211 of 373	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	51.4	157 of 364	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	49.0	144 of 362	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	50.1	232 of 364	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	41.5	255 of 360	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	49.8	217 of 354	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.1	186 of 349	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	46.7	222 of 349	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	60.2	35 of 133	73.7%	★★★★☆
2025	39.5	67 of 132	49.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.4	57 of 132	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.3	48 of 125	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.5	72 of 125	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	38.2	73 of 122	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.1	95 of 119	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.4	64 of 94	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.3	37 of 74	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	26.0	297 of 395	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.0	310 of 387	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	321 of 392	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	299 of 388	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	30.0	132 of 194	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.6	141 of 181	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	162 of 184	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	134 of 166	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.7	105 of 164	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	27.7	295 of 390	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.3	313 of 377	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	328 of 377	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	314 of 379	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	36.4	257 of 397	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.6	305 of 386	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	298 of 392	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	280 of 383	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	70.4	29 of 112	74.1%	★★★★☆
2025	53.6	42 of 111	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.1	30 of 102	70.6%	★★★★☆
2023	57.7	40 of 104	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	76.3	26 of 94	72.3%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	48.1	136 of 292	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	33.0	206 of 298	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.3	125 of 289	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.5	175 of 285	38.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	79.3	48 of 387	87.6%	★★★★☆
2025	70.2	71 of 377	81.2%	★★★★☆
2024	67.1	70 of 381	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	80.5	40 of 375	89.3%	★★★★☆
2022	88.7	32 of 378	91.5%	★★★★★

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)

White (2026)88th percentile+57 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)74th percentile+43 vs school

African American (2026)74th percentile+43 vs school

Special Education (2026)53rd percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)40th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2026)35th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2026)32nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)25th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?

Biology37%

Evidence-based Reading and Writing36%-16 vs state

Mathematics15%-10 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

i love it at lawrence north! the teachers actually want their students to learn. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I have two children that attend Lawrence North High School. I was saddened but not surprised to see a web site like School Digger use test scores as its sole basis for comparing schools. This is a quick way to rank schools but falls short of actually "evaluating" schools. Lawrence Township has been one of the top schools in the Indianapolis area and still is. It is a fact that the top 25% of the students at LN compare with the top 25% of ANY other public High School in Indiana when comparing SAT Scores. The challenge that LN has is that it has a relatively low performing Bottom 25% which significantly reduces its average score. Lawrence has great diversity along the economic scale as well as cultural and racial lines which separates it from more homogeneous communities like Fishers, Carmel & Zionsville. I for one happen to believe that a good education is not just judged by aggregate test scores but the social knowledge of being exposed to many different types of people. LN is certainly not perfect but it is far being a one (1). Both my kids will get into Big 10 Schools and compete in College very effectively with an LN education. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)			ILEARN Math (2026)			ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lawrence North High School	Public	9-12	7802 N Hague Rd	Indianapolis	46256	Marion County	MSD Lawrence Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 964-7700	2,799	150	18.7	51.5%	548 (19.6%)	1,201 (42.9%)	857 (30.6%)	21 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	169 (6.0%)	32.6	287^th of 415 public high schools	30.8%		27.6	314^th of 429 public high schools	26.8%	27	35.6	15.1							37.4	$11,467	$569	$10,898
McKenzie Career Center	Public	6-12	7250 E 75th St	Indianapolis	46256	Marion County	MSD Lawrence Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 964-8000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lawrence Central High School	Public	9-12	7300 E 56th St	Indianapolis	46226	Marion County	MSD Lawrence Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 964-7400	2,517	143	17.5	60.2%	259 (10.3%)	1,268 (50.4%)	810 (32.2%)	16 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	159 (6.3%)	20.2	330^th of 415 public high schools	20.5%		15.7	365^th of 429 public high schools	14.9%	35	30.7	7.4							30.5	$11,975	$686	$11,289
Hoosier College and Career Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	5650 Caito Drive	Indianapolis	46226	Marion County	Hoosier College and Career Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(317) 495-6494	1,484	57	26.0	50.7%	991 (66.8%)	206 (13.9%)	160 (10.8%)	12 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	110 (7.4%)	11.3	371^st of 415 public high schools	10.6%		13.7	377^th of 429 public high schools	12.1%	6	24.5	2.1	16.4	10.1	11.7	7.5	5.8	6.2	21.9	$10,503	$1,446	$9,057
James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4352 Mitthoeffer Rd	Indianapolis	46235	Marion County	James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 552-1600	587	41	14.3	68.8%	16 (2.7%)	417 (71.0%)	137 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.6%)	5	410^th of 415 public high schools	1.2%		5.8	410^th of 429 public high schools	4.4%		9.7	0.0							7.9	$16,283	$3,247	$13,035
J Everett Light Career Center	Public	6-12	1901 E 86th St	Indianapolis	46240	Marion County	MSD Washington Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 259-5265	0	12	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Central High School	Public	9-12	1801 E 86th St	Indianapolis	46240	Marion County	MSD Washington Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 259-5301	3,682	206	17.8	48.4%	1,036 (28.1%)	1,416 (38.5%)	841 (22.8%)	126 (3.4%)	6 (0.2%)	4 (0.1%)	253 (6.9%)	52.7	176^th of 415 public high schools	57.6%		54.1	177^th of 429 public high schools	58.7%	1	47.3	24.9							37.7	$13,989	$1,219	$12,770
Purdue Polytechnic High School North	Public, Charter	9-12	1115 Broad Ripple Ave	Indianapolis	46220	Marion County	Purdue Polytechnic High School North	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 832-1200	229	18	12.7	49.8%	88 (38.4%)	84 (36.7%)	43 (18.8%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.9%)	78.2	50^th of 415 public high schools	88.0%		65.6	106^th of 429 public high schools	75.3%	56	55.6	47.6							18.2	$12,103	$2,454	$9,649
GEO Next Generation Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	4010 N Sherman Drive	Indianapolis	46226	Marion County	GEO Next Generation Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 608-6220	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	10.6	377^th of 415 public high schools	9.2%		4.9	415^th of 429 public high schools	3.3%	38	23.5	0.0	6.1	17.0	12.8	0.0	7.6	4.7	23.1	$16,425	$3,612	$12,813
Rooted School Indianapolis	Public, Charter	7-12	5750 E 30th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	Rooted School Indianapolis	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 606-3500	150	19	7.8	74.0%	3 (2.0%)	133 (88.7%)	9 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	9	383^rd of 415 public high schools	7.7%		18.9	351^st of 429 public high schools	18.2%	32	23.1	0.0	15.0	12.5	13.6	19.1	33.3	26.7	15.6	$17,225	$3,249	$13,976

Frequently Asked Questions about Lawrence North High School

What is the racial makeup of Lawrence North High School?

Students at Lawrence North High School are 43% African American, 31% Hispanic, 20% White, 6% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lawrence North High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,799 students attended Lawrence North High School.

What schools feed into Lawrence North High School?

Lawrence North High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crestview Elementary School
Elementary : Indian Creek Elementary School
Elementary : Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary School
Elementary : Sunnyside Elementary School
Middle : Fall Creek Valley Middle School

Is Lawrence North High School a good school?

Lawrence North High School ranks 287^th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Lawrence North High School in?

MSD Lawrence Township

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