Best High Schools in Indiana

The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Indiana, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 61%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Indiana Connections Academy	Indianapolis, IN	5,784	49%
2	Carmel High School	Carmel, IN	5,192	68%
3	Indiana Digital Jr and High School	Modoc, IN	3,832	68%
4	Fishers High School	Fishers, IN	3,674	67%
5	North Central High School	Indianapolis, IN	3,628	47%
6	Penn High School	Mishawaka, IN	3,624	69%
7	Hamilton Southeastern Hs	Fishers, IN	3,450	54%
8	Warren Central High School	Indianapolis, IN	3,414	48%
9	Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis, IN	3,392	49%
10	Avon High School	Avon, IN	3,348	49%
11	Elkhart High School	Elkhart, IN	3,325	53%
12	Franklin Central High School	Indianapolis, IN	3,319	58%
13	Pike High School	Indianapolis, IN	3,286	33%
14	Noblesville High School	Noblesville, IN	3,227	55%
15	Brownsburg High School	Brownsburg, IN	3,177	51%
16	Lake Central High School	Saint John, IN	3,069	71%
17	Crown Point High School	Crown Point, IN	2,948	52%
18	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis, IN	2,861	45%
19	Center Grove High School	Greenwood, IN	2,851	70%
20	Homestead High School	Fort Wayne, IN	2,470	62%
21	Zionsville Community High School	Zionsville, IN	2,255	65%
22	Columbus North High School	Columbus, IN	2,224	62%
23	Valparaiso High School	Valparaiso, IN	2,098	64%
24	Floyd Central High School	Floyd Knobs, IN	1,873	62%
25	Mt Vernon High School	Fortville, IN	1,431	67%
26	Leo Junior/Senior High School	Leo, IN	1,368	71%
27	East Central High School	St Leon, IN	1,290	71%
28	Columbia City High School	Columbia City, IN	1,147	68%
29	East Noble High School	Kendallville, IN	1,054	61%
30	Lowell Senior High School	Lowell, IN	1,033	67%
31	Highland High School	Highland, IN	987	62%
32	New Prairie High School	New Carlisle, IN	979	61%
33	Fairfield Jr-Sr High School	Goshen, IN	861	66%
34	Yorktown High School	Yorktown, IN	793	64%
35	Charlestown Senior High School	Charlestown, IN	788	64%
36	Norwell High School	Ossian, IN	788	65%
37	Delta High School	Muncie, IN	787	62%
38	Hanover Central High School	Cedar Lake, IN	782	71%
39	Westview Jr-Sr High School	Topeka, IN	743	67%
40	Lawrenceburg High School	Lawrenceburg, IN	740	63%
41	Woodlan Jr/Sr High School	Woodburn, IN	727	64%
42	Gibson Southern High School	Fort Branch, IN	726	67%
43	Batesville High School	Batesville, IN	715	63%
44	Hamilton Heights High School	Arcadia, IN	711	67%
45	South Dearborn High School	Aurora, IN	672	62%
46	Heritage Hills High School	Lincoln City, IN	642	62%
47	Forest Park Jr-Sr High School	Ferdinand, IN	533	70%
48	Cascade Senior High School	Clayton, IN	513	66%
49	Barr Reeve Middle/High School	Montgomery, IN	490	66%
50	Boone Grove High School	Valparaiso, IN	486	62%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Indiana?

The largest high school in Indiana is Indiana Connections Academy in Indianapolis with 5,784 students and a 49% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Indiana?

This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Indiana by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.