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Warren Central High School

Public Grades 9-12

348^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 415 Indiana High Schools

Better than 16% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Warren Central High School is a very large public high school serving grades 9–12 in MSD Warren Township on the east side of Indianapolis, IN, with 3,391 students — far more than any nearby school, where the next largest is Lawrence Central High School at 2,517. Its overall state rating is 1 star (16th percentile, 348th of 415 schools in 2025–2026), and this has been stable for a decade, with the school's rank percentile staying between 14 and 24 every year since 2015–2016.

The clearest bright spot is graduation: 89.7% of students graduated in 2024–2025, up from 79.7% in 2021–2022 and now matching the Indiana state rate and exceeding the district rate. Chronic absenteeism has also fallen sharply, from 81.3% in 2020–2021 to 30.3% in 2024–2025 — still above the district (21.4%) and nearly double the state (16.7%), but no longer at crisis levels. Among nearby schools, James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School, Rooted School Indianapolis, and Hoosier College and Career Academy post lower graduation rates, so Warren Central is not the lowest performer in its immediate area.

Academic proficiency remains the biggest challenge. In 2025–2026, 27.82% of students met SAT Reading/Writing standards, 8.26% met SAT Math standards, and 22.65% met Biology standards — all well below state averages. Irvington Preparatory Academy and Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind score higher on both SAT sections, though both are much smaller and spend far more per student. Special education students rank at the 4th percentile with 0 stars, and low-income students at the 17th percentile, while English learners have improved. Per-student spending is $12,809, with a student-teacher ratio of 16.1.

3,391

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,809

Per pupil spending ?

58.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

9500 E 16th St
Indianapolis, IN 46229

(317) 532-6200

District: MSD Warren Township

Feeder schools for Warren Central High School:

Elementary:	Brookview Elementary School
	Eastridge Elementary School
	Grassy Creek Elementary School
	Hawthorne Elementary School
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	Lakeside Elementary School
	Liberty Park Elementary School
	Lowell Elementary School
	Pleasant Run Elementary School
	Sunny Heights Elementary School
Middle:	Creston Intermediate & Middle School
	Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle
	Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.6%

Hispanic:

24.3%

White:

13.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 24th percentile in 2016 → 16th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (20% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 17% Indiana)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg19%

Indiana avg39%

348^th of 415

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 16% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

315^th of 374MSD Warren 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	16.7	348 of 415	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.9	358 of 429	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	356 of 432	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	342 of 398	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	346 of 409	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	317 of 388	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	315 of 389	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	328 of 385	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.2	313 of 380	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	33.2	299 of 394	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.4	342 of 400	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.5	342 of 379	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	23.9	288 of 353	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	33.1	267 of 373	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.2	316 of 364	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	24.9	292 of 362	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	41.7	267 of 364	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	35.5	289 of 360	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	34.6	286 of 354	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	35.2	285 of 349	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	32.8	289 of 349	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	83 of 133	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.2	85 of 132	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	80 of 132	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.7	76 of 125	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.0	74 of 125	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	32.2	81 of 122	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.8	71 of 119	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.8	80 of 94	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	44.2	33 of 74	55.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	15.6	337 of 395	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	343 of 387	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	335 of 392	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	328 of 388	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	33.5	123 of 194	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.8	133 of 181	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.9	153 of 184	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.0	138 of 166	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.7	107 of 164	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	21.5	325 of 390	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.4	324 of 377	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	325 of 377	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	313 of 379	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	15.9	342 of 397	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.1	340 of 386	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	347 of 392	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	344 of 383	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	36.3	67 of 112	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.3	80 of 111	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	52.3	42 of 102	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.0	64 of 104	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.2	75 of 94	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	280 of 292	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	19.7	273 of 298	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	232 of 289	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	208 of 285	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	34.7	262 of 387	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	43.5	202 of 377	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.4	201 of 381	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.7	189 of 375	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.4	240 of 378	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2026)40th percentile+24 vs school

African American (2026)38th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2026)37th percentile+20 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)34th percentile+17 vs school

White (2026)32nd percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)17th percentile~ school

Female (2026)15th percentile~ school

Male (2026)14th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)4th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?

Evidence-based Reading and Writing28%-24 vs state

Biology23%

Mathematics8%-17 vs state

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by a citizen
Monday, August 1, 2011

Warren Central High School offers an extremely wide variety of programs for its students ranging from a widely recognized state champion football team, to a versatile performing arts center. Academically, the school offers several Advanced Placement courses in areas such as Foreign Languages, English Language, Mathematics, Science, and Music, and offers accelerated courses for students who find regular classes too easy. The school also hosts an exceptional speech and debate team that has remained the AAA state champion for six years in a row as of 2011. The team has also claimed the Overall State Champion title four times since 2006. The Warren Performing Arts Center is home to a marching band, orchestra, several choirs, and a theater arts division. The school's theater arts division is well known for putting on very high quality performances through its students, and also for hosting community events such as world dance competitions and championships, concerts, award ceremonies, and citywide and state competitions. The school's winter guard has competed in the world championships on two different occasions since 2007, in which it claimed 4th place. The school holds several state champion titles in football, cross country, track and field, speech and debate, theater arts, wrestling, robotics, and several other programs. The school also offers school to work opportunities, in which students are trained to go into the workforce or pursue higher education after high school in areas such as dentistry, automotive repair, architectural design, construction, engineering, cosmetology, culinary arts, education, health care, and computer technology. Several homes around the school have been constructed and designed solely by students, and the Threshold restaurant is also run almost exclusively by students through the Walker Career Center. The Walker Career Center also offers reduced price automotive repair and maintenance to the public, through which students are trained by teachers to repair and maintain vehicles. Also, the cosmetology department of the Career Center is open to the public. Warren Central High School remains one most highly regarded schools in Indianapolis, and strives to better itself through the introduction and enhancement of its programs, and further enhancement of its educational standards. 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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Warren Central High School	Public	9-12	9500 E 16th St	Indianapolis	46229	Marion County	MSD Warren Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 532-6200	3,391	210	16.1	58.2%	443 (13.1%)	1,885 (55.6%)	825 (24.3%)	24 (0.7%)	4 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	207 (6.1%)	16.7	348^th of 415 public high schools	16.1%		16.9	358^th of 429 public high schools	16.6%	10	27.8	8.3							22.7	$12,809	$970	$11,839
Walker Career Center	Public	6-12	9651 E 21st St	Indianapolis	46229	Marion County	MSD Warren Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 532-6150	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)										$00
Excel Center - Shadeland	Public, Charter	9-12	2525 N. Shadeland Ave	Indianapolis	46219	Marion County	Excel Center - Shadeland	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(317) 524-3910	404	14	28.8	64.4%	21 (5.2%)	279 (69.1%)	90 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)								(n/a)
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
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
Irvington Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	5751 E University Ave	Indianapolis	46219	Marion County	Irvington Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 357-5359	326	29	11.2	70.6%	175 (53.7%)	53 (16.3%)	59 (18.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.7%)	36.8	271^st of 415 public high schools	34.7%		41.6	255^th of 429 public high schools	40.6%	16	44.2	13.0							35.9	$34,521	$7,453	$27,068
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
Excel Center - Southeast	Public, Charter	9-12	2251 Sloan Avenue	Indianapolis	46203	Marion County	Excel Center - Southeast	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(574) 370-1130	273	10	27.3	16.5%	62 (22.7%)	119 (43.6%)	51 (18.7%)	18 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.7%)								(n/a)										$8,305	$6,415	$1,890
Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind	Public, Charter	9-12	3029 E Washington St	Indianapolis	46201	Marion County	Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 832-1200	600	38	15.7	64.2%	195 (32.5%)	193 (32.2%)	167 (27.8%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.3%)	24.5	318^th of 415 public high schools	23.4%		48.8	213^th of 429 public high schools	50.3%	105	36.7	13.3							21.2	$18,378	$1,562	$16,816

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MSD Warren Township

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In the 2024-25 school year, 3,391 students attended Warren Central High School.

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What is the racial makeup of Warren Central High School?

Students at Warren Central High School are 56% African American, 24% Hispanic, 13% White, 6% Two or more races.

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Warren Central High School ranks in the bottom 16.1% of Indiana high schools.

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