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Cathedral High School → Hoosier College and Career Academy → Lawrence Central High School → Rooted School Indianapolis → GEO Next Generation Academy → Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch → Excel Center - Meadows → Excel Center - Shadeland →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Thrival Academy compares for families
What families should know about Thrival Academy.
- ▸ LocallyIN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cathedral High School, Hoosier College and Career Academy, Lawrence Central High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 ÷ 2023 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +9.1%/year, projecting from 2023's 106 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral High School Indianapolis |
Private | 1.1 | 1,072 | -8.8% |
| Hoosier College and Career Academy Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 1,132 | +156.7% |
| Lawrence Central High School Indianapolis |
Public | 1.5 | 2,512 | +11.9% |
| Rooted School Indianapolis Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 89 | +3.5% |
| GEO Next Generation Academy Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 178 | -0.6% |
| Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 178 | -18.7% |
| Excel Center - Meadows Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 396 | — |
| Excel Center - Shadeland Indianapolis |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 404 | — |