The top reported proficiency rate is 7% in Science. The lowest is 0% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Him by Her Collegiate School for the Arts
HIM By HER Collegiate School for the Arts was a charter school district in Indiana that served a middle school grade band. It no longer operates any schools. The sole school in the district closed permanently in the middle of the academic year in January 2023, and the school’s corporate entity was dissolved later that year in December. This means the district is effectively defunct, and there are no active programs, enrollment, or student populations to describe.
The school opened its doors only a few years prior, in 2020. From the start, enrollment was thin, and the school never attracted enough students to cover the cost of its leased building. The Indiana Charter School Board staff had twice recommended against approving the school’s charter, citing concerns about financial projections and the educational model, before a university authorizer approved it anyway. Those early warnings proved accurate: low initial enrollment created a significant financial deficit from which the school could not recover.
State assessment data is available from the 2021-22 school year, the only year for which results were reported. On the ILEARN assessments, the proficiency rates were very low across all tested subjects. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was in the low single digits. In English language arts, it was similarly low. In science, proficiency was slightly higher but still a small share of tested students. In social studies, no students scored at the proficient level. The tested student population was small in each subject. Given the school’s short lifespan and troubled financial footing, these results may paint a picture of a school that struggled to establish a stable academic program. A parent should be aware that the school is gone, and these figures are now of historical interest only.
The district’s closure mid-year left roughly a middle-grade-sized cohort of students needing to transfer to other schools. Publicly reported news accounts cited insufficient enrollment to sustain the lease on the school’s building. The foundation that operated the school announced the closing in January 2023, and the corporate entity was voluntarily dissolved by the end of that year.
For anyone researching this district today, the key fact is that it is no longer an active choice. There are no buildings, no staff, no classes, and no pathway to enroll. The district’s records remain in state data systems because it existed, but it does not offer any services. A family looking at this area would need to consider the other school districts or charter schools that now serve the students who once attended here. There is no community or locale information available in the data for this entity, and no comparison to neighboring districts is provided. The story of HIM By HER Collegiate School for the Arts is one of a promising idea that could not find enough families to sustain it financially, and it has come to a complete and final stop.
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