Enrollment
309
High
STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES A TINDLEY ACCELERATED SCH·NCES 180004502137
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch
3960 Meadows Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46205 · (317) 545-1745 · Marion County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Indiana public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
225 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 9% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
16.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
0.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch this school | 309 | 72.8% | 8.0% |
| James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High School Indianapolis | 587 | 68.8% | N/A |
| Excel Center - Meadows Indianapolis | 396 | 81.3% | N/A |
| Rooted School Indianapolis Indianapolis | 150 | 74.0% | 15.4% |
| Excel Center - Decatur Indianapolis | 259 | 71.4% | N/A |
| Excel Center - Shadeland Indianapolis | 404 | 64.4% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #101 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #103 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #99 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #316 of 392 | #31 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #91 of 359 | #4 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #147 of 360 | #35 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #8 of 373 | #7 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #107 of 133 | #18 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
309
-65 (-17%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 73% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 74% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 82% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 73% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 67% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 20 | 13.0:1 | 68% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 59% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch.
About Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has 309 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12. High schools in Indiana have about 816 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch operates as its own local education agency.
Black students are 79% of those enrolled at Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Marion County overall, about 27% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch are from different groups.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.9:1. Across high schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 16.6:1. Of all students at Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Marion County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
Among Indiana public high schools, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools: 8.0% actual against 24.0% predicted.
The county, Marion County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,346 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Marion County has 274 public schools with about 161,456 students, including Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Tindley Genesis Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school shrank from 374 students in 2020-21 to 309 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Tindley Genesis Academy0.1 mi · 368
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- Indy Steam Academy0.6 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Charles A Tindley Accelerated SchHow large is Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch?
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch serve?
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch have?
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch?
Student demographics at Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch are roughly 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch public or private?
Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch.
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