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Black student results at Merle Sidener Gifted Academy

Indianapolis Public Schools, Indiana

46.2%
of Black students meet proficient

At Merle Sidener Gifted Academy, 46.2% of Black students meet proficient — 20.8 points below the 67% recorded for all students at the same school, and 32.6 points above the 13.6% average for Black students across Indianapolis Public Schools.

Among the 37 schools in Indianapolis Public Schools with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 2nd. Across Indiana, the average for Black students is 21.8%.

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Every group at this school

67%
All students
46.2%
Black
59.6%
Hispanic
90.2%
White

Share of students meeting proficient at Merle Sidener Gifted Academy. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside Indianapolis Public Schools

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
H L Harshman Middle School 53% 55.3% 27% 82.4%
Merle Sidener Gifted Academy This school 67% 46.2% 59.6% 90.2%
Eleanor Skillen School 34 15.1% 25% 9.1% 21.9%
Jonathan Jennings School 109 15% 25% 12.6%
William McKinley School 39 33.2% 25% 24.6% 50%
George Washington Carver School 87 28.6% 23.3% 10.3%
Ernie Pyle School 90 19.5% 22.1% 16.4%

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How to read this. Indiana suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 576 of Indiana's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Indiana figures should not be compared against another state's.