Career Academy High School

Career Academy High School operates as a small high school in South Bend, Indiana. It teaches 481 students in grades 9 through 12. That is 41% below the average of about 816 students for high schools in Indiana.

Career Academy High School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

The largest group at Career Academy High School is White students, at 44%. The remaining students are 35% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show St. Joseph County is about 71% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.2:1. The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.2:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for high schools in Indiana. Federal data show 54% of students (259) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Looking at the county, St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. St. Joseph County has 73 public schools with about 35,614 students, including Career Academy High School.

The closest school to Career Academy High School is Career Academy Middle School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Career Academy High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 481, up from 360 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.7:1 to 10.2:1.

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