Christel House Watanabe Manual High School is a public charter high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving 317 students in grades 9-12. The school has a diverse student population, with a majority of Hispanic students (54.57%), as well as White (26.5%), African American (12.62%), and multiracial (6.31%) students.
One of the standout features of Christel House Watanabe Manual High School is its impressive graduation rates, which have remained consistently high at 96.4% in 2022-2023 and 97.4% in 2021-2022. This is significantly higher than the nearby Indianapolis Metropolitan High School, which had a 38.2% four-year graduation rate in 2022-2023. However, the school faces challenges with a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% in 2022-2023, though this is still lower than nearby schools like Arsenal Technical High School (61.1%) and Purdue Polytechnic High School Ind (82.6%).
Academically, Christel House Watanabe Manual High School's test scores, while below the state average, are generally higher than the nearby schools. In 2023-2024, 36% of the school's 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing, compared to 12.07% at Indianapolis Metropolitan High School and 16.77% at Arsenal Technical High School. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.5 students per teacher, lower than the nearby schools, and a diverse student population compared to the surrounding area.
In the 2022-23 school year, 317 students attended Christel House Watanabe Manual High School.
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Christel House Watanabe Manual High School ranks 316th of 431 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.
Students at Christel House Watanabe Manual High School are 55% Hispanic, 26% White, 13% African American, 6% Two or more races.