Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend
South Bend · IN · Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend · Public charter
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Depaul Academy → Studebaker Center → Riley High School → St Joseph High School → Adams High School → Rise Up Academy at Eggleston → Trinity School At Greenlawn → Excel Center - South Bend →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend compares for families
What families should know about Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend.
- ▸ LocallyIN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Depaul Academy, Studebaker Center, Riley High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +14.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 138 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depaul Academy South Bend |
Private | 0.4 | 23 | — |
| Studebaker Center South Bend |
Public | 1.1 | 1 | — |
| Riley High School South Bend |
Public | 1.1 | 1,238 | +20.2% |
| St Joseph High School South Bend |
Private | 1.2 | 806 | -8.7% |
| Adams High School South Bend |
Public | 1.5 | 1,966 | +2.6% |
| Rise Up Academy at Eggleston South Bend |
Public | 1.6 | 149 | -11.3% |
| Trinity School At Greenlawn South Bend |
Private | 1.7 | 227 | +7.1% |
| Excel Center - South Bend South Bend |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 296 | +35.2% |