Summary:
ZIP code 46240 in Indianapolis contains exactly one public high school: North Central High School, located at 1801 E 86th St and serving grades 9–12. It belongs to MSD Washington Township and enrolls 3,682 students, making it a very large high school. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP code, the meaningful comparisons are between this school, its district, and the state of Indiana.
The school earned 3 stars and ranked 176th of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 58th percentile; the district ranked 159th of 374, also with 3 stars and a 57th percentile. That standing is stable — North Central has held 3 stars for three straight years. Its graduation rate is a clear strength at 94.4%, matching the district and sitting 4.7 percentage points above the state's 89.7%. Chronic absenteeism is 17.5%, slightly above both the district (16.4%) and the state (16.7%). Nearly half of students (48.37%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $13,989, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1.
Academic proficiency is uneven. Biology is the biggest gap: 36.25% proficient in 2024–2025 versus 50.5% for the district and 45.6% for the state, improving only slightly to 37.7% in 2025–2026 while the district reached 53.85%. SAT Math sits close to the state level — 24.89% versus 25.6%, and 25.73% versus 25.4% the prior year. SAT Reading/Writing trails the state, at 47.26% versus 51.9% and 50.88% versus 54.5%. Overall, this is a large, stable, above-average-ranked school with strong graduation outcomes and clear room to grow in Biology and SAT Reading/Writing.
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