Indianapolis Academy South

As a charter school in Indianapolis, when Christel House Academy opened in 2002 our students took the ISTEP exam two weeks into the school year. Their scores were the lowest of any school in the entire state. Today, a little over a decade later, passage rates are well above comparable inner-city schools. High-quality primary and secondary education is the first step out of poverty.

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School Profile

Opened September 2002
Grades K-12
729 Students Enrolled (including College & Careers)
96% Student Attendance
97% graduates continuing studies or employed
100% of graduates received acceptance letters to 4-year colleges

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About Christel House Academy

Christel House Academy is a network of learning centers supported by Christel House International. The centers, authorized by the Mayor of Indianapolis, operate as public charter schools on multiple campus locations.

Christel House Academy South opened in 2002 on the Southside of Indianapolis and serves more than 700 low income students in grades K–12. It was Indiana’s first charter school to receive the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform’s designation as a School to Watch, and was recognized nationally as one of 10 MetLife Foundation–NASSP “Breakthrough Schools.” Christel House Academy West opened in August 2014 on the near Westside of Indianapolis, and serves students in grades K–5. Each year the school will add one new grade level.

Christel House DORS South, an adult dropout recovery high school, is located on the Christel House South campus. Christel House DORS West, the Academy’s second adult high school, opened on the Christel House West campus in 2015. A third site is located at IVY Tech North Meridian Center Building.

For more information, please visit www.chacademy.org.