Summary:
Sunny Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving 480 students from kindergarten to 4th grade. The school is part of the MSD Warren Township district, which is ranked 329 out of 381 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating.
Sunny Heights Elementary School faces significant challenges, with a predominantly African American (66.67%) and Hispanic (22.5%) student population. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Indiana elementary schools, with low academic performance. In 2023-2024, only 20% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts and 20.21% in Math, compared to the state averages of 38.6% and 52.4% respectively. The school's performance in Science is particularly low, with only 2.17% of students proficient or better in 2022-2023, compared to the state average of 37%. Additionally, the school has had a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 24.9% in 2022-2023 to 42.4% in 2020-2021, which is significantly higher than the state average and nearby schools.
While the school's per-student spending has increased, from $10,395 in 2018-2019 to $13,714 in 2021-2022, it still lags behind some of the nearby schools, such as Eastridge Elementary ($14,233 in 2021-2022) and Lakeside Elementary ($11,873 in 2021-2022). These nearby schools, which have similar demographic profiles, generally outperform Sunny Heights Elementary in academic metrics, with higher ILEARN proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism. In comparison, even the nearby charter schools, such as Tindley Summit Academy and Andrew J. Brown Academy, have lower academic performance than Sunny Heights Elementary.
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Detail:
Public K-4
District:
MSD Warren Township
SchoolDigger Rank:
867th of 1,010 Indiana Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,714
Students who attend Sunny Heights Elementary School usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 13.1
Number of students: 480
Racial breakdown:
African American:
66.7%
Hispanic:
22.5%
Two or more races:
6.7%
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White:
4.0%
Pacific Islander:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.8%
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