Excel Center - Anderson

Excel Center - Anderson operates as a micro-enrollment high school in Anderson, Indiana, operated by Excel Center - Anderson. Current enrollment sits at 321 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Excel Center - Anderson sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Excel Center - Anderson answers to Excel Center - Anderson, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Excel Center - Anderson records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, On paper, Excel Center - Anderson has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 32.1:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Madison County reports that median household income runs about $63,037, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Madison County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students), Excel Center - Anderson is one campus in the mix.

Anderson Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Excel Center - Anderson runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Excel Center - Anderson's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 334 (now 321). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 14% to 24%. Class-load math has loosened: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 32.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Excel Center - Anderson community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.