Indiana Area School District

The IASD does especially well on standardized tests. It was once ranked third, out of 501 school districts, in scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment given to all 5th, 8th, and 11th grade students, and has received numerous accolades for its journalism and social studies programs, including a $349,000 grant given to the senior high school's history program. In addition, graduating classes have averaged up to 40 more points on the Scholastic Aptitude Test than the national average.

Each class graduates nearly 80% of its students into post-secondary education. Most attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania, located within the district. IASD also consistently sends students into three leading local universities, Carnegie Mellon University, The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh. IASD alumni have also entered the United States Naval Academy, the United States Military Academy, Harvard University, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond, the University of Notre Dame, Case Western Reserve University, James Madison University, New York University, Manhattan School of Music, Villanova University, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and The Juilliard School. Many students who do not go on to post-secondary education choose to join the United States Marine Corps.

Both IJHS and IHS offer club programs for students. The largest among them is a volunteer club, Builders' Club at IJHS and Key Club at IHS. Key Club counts about 25% of the IHS student body as members. At IHS, there is also Future Business Leaders of America, Relay For Life and many theater clubs among its 20+ clubs.

The entire district offers a wide variety of sports. The elementary schools have basketball, grouped by sex and grade. At the end of each school year, each school stages an "All-School Tournament," in which all players are eligible. IJHS offers students football, soccer, track and field, cross country and girls' volleyball for the first time in school. IHS has even more selection. Boys' baseball, girls' softball, winter track and field, tennis, golf, rifle, hockey and swimming and diving.

Ben Franklin's colors are green and gold, and the teams are known as the Braves. Eisenhower's colors are blue and gold, and the teams are known as the Eagles. East Pike's colors are red and white, and the teams there are known as the Chiefs. Horace Mann's colors are red and white, and teams there are known as the Warriors.

The colors of the junior and senior high schools are red and black, and the team name is the "Indians." Their fight song is "Cherokee." This is taken from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania's sports teams, which were known as the "Indians," and their fight song was "Cherokee" as well. In general, most sports teams are outfitted in white uniforms, but the football team also wears blood-red and black jerseys and pants; the softball team wears gray, pinstriped uniforms; the basketball teams also wear black uniforms; and the hockey team has red, black and white uniforms.

Generally, the cross country, swimming and diving, boys tennis, ice hockey and boys and girls' and boys' basketball and track and field teams are Indiana's strongest teams. The boys basketball team won the Class AAA WPIAL Championship in 2014–2015 season and the ice hockey team won the D-2 championship in the 2014–15 season.[1] During the 2018 season, the IHS men's cross country team was the PIAA state runner-up in the AA division. The hockey team competes in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, while all other teams compete in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League, or WPIAL.

Additionally, several IHS athletes have gone on to participate in post-secondary sports teams in various sports, such as basketball, football, softball, cross country, track and field, and swimming. One IHS alum, Joey Bujdos, earned 22 varsity letters in only 4 years of attending the Indiana Area Senior High School, participating in the sports golf, cross country, swimming, indoor track and field, tennis, and spring track and field. A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported called Bujdos, "...possibly be the most unique athlete in WPIAL history."[2]

Students in grades 6-8 are eligible to participate in the Junior High Student Council. The Student Council is a student-led organization dedicated to benefitting the Indiana Junior High School. The Student Council is primarily led by a president and vice president elected each year, along with several other important positions.

Students attending the Indiana Area Senior High School can be admitted into the Student Government Association. This organization helps set up the school's annual Teddy Bear Fund Drive and the annual Red Cross blood drive.