Schools · Washington
Washington, IN schools
Washington’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 20% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 76% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend one of 13 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 14 elementary schools, one of 4 middle schools and North Central High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Washington’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Washington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,073)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 17,126 tested students and a graduating class of 1,328; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Washington kids go to school
Grades PK–5
13 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 5
14 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 6–8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 9–12
B+North Central High School
3,682 students · Indianapolis Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Washington Township Metropolitan)38%
State average 42.6%
Reading (Indianapolis)20%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Washington Township Metropolitan)27%
State average 35.8%
Math (Indianapolis)14%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020
76% graduate on time
Graduation rate
76%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
1,328
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #454 of 554 IN towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Washington
Washington Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 11,391 students
$15,412 per studentIN $13,688C+Indianapolis Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 50 schools · 21,055 students
$22,943 per studentIN $13,688DEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 49 schools in Washington
Showing 1–30 of 49 schools
Clearwater Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 750 students
BPublicWillow Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 739 students
DPublicAllisonville Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 724 students
BPublicFox Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 603 students
CPublicNora Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 544 students
CPublicSpring Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
C-PublicGreenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 509 students
C-PublicRousseau McClellan School 91 - a Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 506 students
CPublicCrooked Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 460 students
B-PublicTindley Genesis AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 368 students
C-CharterJoseph J. Bingham School 84 Center for InquiryElementary · Grades K–5 · 360 students
APublicMary Nicholson School 70 Center for InquiryElementary · Grades K–5 · 351 students
BPublicAvondale Meadows AcademyElementary · Grades K–4 · 332 students
D-CharterEliza Baker School 55 - a Butler Lab Reggio Emilia SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 301 students
DPublicJames Whitcomb Riley School 43Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 240 students
D-PublicMerle Sidener Academy 59 - a High Ability SchoolElementary · Grades 1–5 · 228 students
A+PublicACE Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 131 students
DCharterGirls IN STEM AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 55 students
CharterThe Orchard SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 509 students
PrivateSycamore SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 421 students
PrivateImmaculate Heart of Mary Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 410 students
PrivateSt. Matthew Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 360 students
PrivateSt. Monica Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 343 students
PrivateSt. Thomas Aquinas SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 216 students
PrivateSt. Joan of Arc/DioceseElementary · Grades PK–8 · 202 students
PrivateHasten Hebrew Academy of IndianapolisElementary · Grades PK–8 · 134 students
PrivateNorthside MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–6 · 101 students
PrivateA Children's Habitat Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 60 students
PrivateSt. Luke Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades K · 57 students
PrivateIndianapolis Junior AcademyElementary · Grades 1–8 · 53 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.