Indiana Area Senior High School Reviews

144 reviews

I think that overall this is a good school. There is not a lot of diversity at this school though. Racism is a big part of this school and the administration does not do much to stop it.

Indiana isn’t the largest school in the world and it’s size does limit what one could get involved with at the school. For example, the club and sport selection is very limited with the school missing a ping pong team as well as a debate club (both of which would be popular among students). In addition, Indiana has only 14 out of the 39 available AP classes with AP European History being taken out of the list last year. Despite the limitations however, the atmosphere and community make up for it with sports games having high attendance and crowds that make it obvious they are proud to be Indiana. There is always volunteer work available to students with most choosing to take time out of their schedules and help not only the school but the surrounding areas as well. While the size may restrict the school’s ability to provide students with adequate academic opportunities and organizations, the energetic and service focused community most certainly makes up for it.

Best parts would be the teachers and the atmosphere. I always felt like this school was a second home, and I felt that it was a great learning environment. The atmosphere includes people and different activities as well. There were always lots of friendly faces and ALWAYS something to get involved in.

Review Indiana Area Senior High School

I was a student there for 4 years and their for 4 years and they have Been an amazing school district.

My experience has been fairly typical over the past four years. There's been ups and downs, but nothing particularly significant. I feel that my school is really great at giving opportunities and making them avaiblable. It offers a wide variety of courses and clubs and is able to put you into contact with just about any resource you may need. In addition, the teachers are extremely supportive and helpful. However, I feel IHS could do better with giving more recognition to those in STEM. Sports are reported at least once a week, but other academic events are not, even when they do occur. The general student body can also be vain, or dismissive of those who are different from them. Of course, not everyone is like that, and this is simply my own personal opinion from what I've experienced or witnessed thus far.

The school has a decent amount of programs but sometimes feels like id doesn't support the students. Whenever the students have social or academic problems if they don't have good test scores they don't care and pay very little attention to them. The higher ups only care about test scores and that is it even if there is a teacher that sexually harased a student or calls students racial slurs.

School is overall safe and updated. I would like to see students in their junior year be able to shadow different jobs so they have an idea what they want to do when they graduate.

I would say it is the typical high school experience. Teachers are really nice and have helped me excel and chose the career path that I feel is right for me. My class size was around 260, but you still knew just about everyone in your grade and in the school.

We have a pretty nice community here, but sometimes the administration's organizational skills are poor and negatively affect the student atmosphere. Additionally, there is some sports favoritism and the arts don't get quite as much funding. Overall, it's a relatively nice atmosphere.

There was a lack on consistency at this school. Some teachers put in the upmost effort to teach and help their kids while other teachers took the easy way out and never taught me a thing throughout an entire school year. It was difficult to find out information about important events through the school, including the SATs. When I wanted to find out information about the SATs my junior year, I was told by a school counselor to look at a brochure outside the counselor's office. It felt like a lot of effort was put into the wrong things, which meant that the quality of the education dropped. Nonetheless, I was still prepared well enough for college and got the needed credits taken care of.

I think that it was good. I think that some rules should be changed and some should be removed, however, the overall experience was good

This seems like your average small town high school. Some good points.. Very good, qualified, helpful teachers who are overworked and stressed out dealing with kids who are suffering from quarantine/ covid fatigue or just plain rude/mean. Bullying is practically a sport at this school. It's in every sport, club, class, demegraphic, new kids or lifetime residents. The administration believes it's "preventative and mentoring measures" have it handled. The vast majority of bullying victims here feel they have to hide to get through school hours. The administration takes a wait and see approach subjecting victims to more damage before school takes it seriously. Then, bullies take the drama out into town setting following kids into parks, stores and skating rink. All just below police involement. Frustrated families keep their heads down trying to get thru for fear of retribution in town/job or it's not feasible to move out of the area or they move hours away to escape the drama.

My experience at Indiana School District, in general, has not been very good. Both students and some teachers are homophobic and racist. There are students that go around calling other students racial and homophobic slurs and the school does not care. There are students doing inappropriate things to other students and they don't care. The school is mainly conservative and white so I have a hard time making friends. There have been multiple occasions of bullying, and either nothing gets done or they blow situations way out of proportion. There aren't a lot of club or class options and with covid happening, if you get quarantined you kinda have to figure things out for yourself. This school adds a lot of stress to my life and affects my mental health poorly. Classes are very stressful. The food is terrible and sometimes the milk is gooey or clumpy and there was an incident of food being moldy as well.

As a student who goes to This high school, its not great.
Students are extremely homophobic, racist and close minded often bullying people and calling the slurs- and teachers do nothing. Not many options in clubs, TERRIBLE plan with covid. Some teachers do not even have online formatting, so if you get quarantined , you just get buried in school work.
The academics are okay, but considering with everything going on Mental health should be a priority.
Another issue is the social hierarchy, if you didn't have friends in middle school you definitely won't have friends here.
But i will be honest, most of the teachers are extremely friendly and can be super helpful :) its understandable that they are stressed too, but i wish people would remember that high scholars are still children and have trouble coping.

I like the involvement of teachers in students' lives but many times, students find themselves secluded from activities and groups of people just by appearances and creating tension between the students. At the same time, the teachers do not make efforts to help the situation and usually notify parents or administration which end up not doing anything.

I think compared to many other schools in the surrounding area, the one I attend is one of the best. Although, recently the administration has been making decisions that are causing our schools to go downhill and effecting the students. The schools are also not as involved with some things as I think they should be, the academics are good but could always be improved and there are other things that could be worked on as well. Overall I do think it is a good school and wouldn't shy away from recommending it, after all, each place has it's own struggles. It's just a matter of how they choose to revise them.

Indiana was a fabulous school to go to. I truly feel like IHS has prepared me for college like no other school could. Between the classes I took and the clubs I was able to lead, Indiana was amazing.

Review Indiana Area Senior High School

Indiana Area Senior High School was a decent high school. It was the best in the district, however it was not very suited towards the field of study I am planning to undergo.

I received a great education from Indiana. However, I had no support from teachers or counselors regarding my slip in grades as a result of health issues. It was hard for me to do well in school and I had no one reach out to me when I needed it.

The overall learning experience within the schooling system is very excellent. The school provides proper safety for the students with security, and counselor guidance. It provides proper learning for future college and/or work field life.

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