Summary:
ZIP code 46220, covering the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis, is home to just one public high school serving grades 9–12: Purdue Polytechnic High School North, a campus of 229 students that is also listed as its own district, Purdue Polytechnic High School North. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are against the state and against the school's own history rather than against nearby schools.
The school's trajectory is strong. Its state school ranking improved from 179th of 432 schools (59th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024, to 106th of 429 (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, to 50th of 415 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. District-level results place it 20th of 374 districts, the 95th percentile, with 5 stars. SAT Math is the clearest bright spot: 47.62% of 11th graders were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 25.6% statewide, up sharply from 32.79% the previous year. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was 55.56%, above the state's 51.9%, though down from 62.3% the year before, when the state rate was 54.5%.
Two areas need attention. Chronic absenteeism was 35.1% in 2024–2025, more than double Indiana's 16.7%, meaning more than one in three students were chronically absent. Biology ILEARN proficiency was 31.91% in 2024–2025, below the state's 45.6%, and 18.18% in 2025–2026, for which no state value was provided. The 90.0% graduation rate is slightly above the state's 89.7%. About 49.78% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending was $12,103, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.7.
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