The top reported proficiency rate is 22% in Math. The lowest is 7% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Enlace Academy
Enlace Academy is a single-school district in Marion County, Indiana, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a charter school, and its enrollment is small for a district, with each grade level from kindergarten through eighth grade holding roughly the same size cohort. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black population and a very small share of white students and students of two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners was not available.
State testing results, from the ILEARN assessment, show that the academy's proficiency rates are below the midpoint of what Marion County districts report. In math, about a quarter of students tested in grades three through eight scored at or above the proficient level. In English language arts, that figure is lower, and in science it is similar to the math rate. Social studies, tested only in grade five, shows a very low proficiency rate. These numbers represent a single year of data, so trends are not available to assess. The district’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects places it above the midpoint among the county’s districts, but within a wide range that includes much higher performers.
One clear strength visible in the data is the district’s chronic absenteeism rate. At roughly a fifth of students, it falls in the top quartile among Marion County districts, meaning far fewer students are missing large amounts of school compared to peers in the county. That is a meaningful marker of student engagement and daily attendance.
Per-pupil spending is in the middle range, sitting in the upper half of the county’s districts. That suggests the school has resources comparable to many of its peers, though the charter structure may allocate them differently than a traditional district.
Because Enlace Academy ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Families will need to plan for a transition to a high school after eighth grade, and the district does not publicly provide data on where its students go after leaving.
A recent development worth noting is that the school was awarded a major Lilly Endowment Inc. grant aimed at accelerating academic and post-secondary success. Public reports indicate this is a significant financial injection for a single-school charter district. The grant could expand programming and resources for students in the coming years, though specific plans have not been detailed.
The data does not include information on course offerings, extracurricular programs, disciplinary rates, or staffing ratios. A parent considering Enlace Academy may want to ask the school directly about its academic support structures, enrichment opportunities, and how it prepares students for the transition to high school. The ILEARN results suggest that the school serves a population where many students are not yet meeting state benchmarks, which makes the nature of academic intervention and the school’s approach to instruction an important topic for conversation.
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