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Charlestown Senior High School

Q: Is Charlestown Senior High School a good school?

Charlestown Senior High School ranks 210 th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

210^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 429 Indiana High Schools

Better than 51% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Charlestown Senior High School is a public high school serving 854 students in grades 9-12 in Charlestown, Indiana, which is part of the Greater Clark County Schools district.

Charlestown Senior High School generally performs better than the district average on standardized tests, with 49.23% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/Biology compared to the district's 43.66%, and 48.8% of 11th graders proficient or better in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing compared to the district's 45.73%. The school also has consistently high graduation rates, with a 4-year graduation rate of 88.4% in 2023-2024, on par with other high schools in the district. However, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 40.4% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average.

When compared to other high schools in the surrounding area, Charlestown Senior High School generally performs on par or slightly better than its peers, outperforming Jeffersonville High School on several key metrics. However, it lags behind high-performing schools like William W. Borden High School and Silver Creek High School, which are in neighboring districts. Overall, Charlestown Senior High School appears to be a solid, middle-of-the-pack high school in Indiana, with some areas of strength and some areas for improvement.

860

Students ?

16.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,187

Per pupil spending ?

39.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

Monroe/Park Sts
Charlestown, IN 47111

(812) 256-3328

District: Greater Clark County Schools

Feeder schools for Charlestown Senior High School:

Elementary:	Jonathan Jennings Elementary School
	Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
Middle:	Charlestown Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.5%

Hispanic:

12.9%

Two or more races:

8.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 68th percentile in 2015 → 51st in 2025

Strengths

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)

✓Above the Indiana median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (26% vs 17% Indiana)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg34%

Indiana avg42%

210^th of 429

Indiana public high schools ?

Top 49%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From top 32% (2015) to top 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3High Schools in the Greater Clark County Schools

203^rd of 380Greater Clark County Schools among Indiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	49.4	210 of 429	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.2	175 of 432	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.2	236 of 398	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	55.7	181 of 409	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.6	254 of 388	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.9	200 of 389	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	65.6	121 of 385	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	70.5	80 of 380	78.9%	★★★★☆
2016	54.4	174 of 394	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	58.9	127 of 400	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	53.1	134 of 379	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	35.9	220 of 353	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	52.5	137 of 373	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	39.9	220 of 364	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	20.1	319 of 362	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	52.5	222 of 364	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	48.3	234 of 360	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.3	278 of 354	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	35.8	283 of 349	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	33.7	287 of 349	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	81 of 132	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	71.3	30 of 125	76.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	49.6	190 of 387	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.5	169 of 392	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.7	233 of 388	39.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	69.0	43 of 181	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	59.5	53 of 184	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	52.3	67 of 166	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.5	78 of 164	52.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	53.4	152 of 377	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.5	159 of 377	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.2	171 of 379	54.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	43.0	215 of 386	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.3	181 of 392	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.6	226 of 383	41.0%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	32.7	74 of 111	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	63 of 102	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.1	71 of 104	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	187 of 298	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.9	161 of 289	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.7	241 of 285	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	44.2	196 of 377	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.6	166 of 381	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.9	248 of 375	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.0	186 of 378	50.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)76th percentile+25 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)60th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)51st percentile~ school

White (2025)48th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)44th percentile-7 vs school

African American (2025)39th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2025)37th percentile-14 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)33rd percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

Biology49%+4 vs state

Evidence-based Reading and Writing49%-6 vs state

Mathematics15%-10 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

This school has so many programs to offer to their students from the freshman year to graduation. I really like the teachers as well, they care about the students and their success. Close Quote

by a student
Monday, September 6, 2010

I posted my last review of Charlestown High School a while back...so now I am writing a new one because the school has now changed.

Charlestown High School is almost 100% complete aside from an unfinished parking lot and a few interior and exterior spots of the school. It is a very nice school. It is well air conditioned and MUCH more spacious. There is little to no congestion in the hall ways and it is an ease to get from class to class.

The laptop initiative will be starting, once again, THIS week (when I wrote this review). Almost every single book I have is on the computer or online, so lockers will almost become obsolete for most students.

In every classroom of the school you fill find new Smart Boards and White Boards rather than Chalkboards. It is a much more high tech school and the entire school has a WiFi network so you can get on the Internet ANYWHERE in the entire school (well, unless that part of the school isn't finished yet, though it will be later this year if it is not already).

The School also has air-conditioned Gyms. It has a PE Gym, which is used for Physical Education Classes, and it also has a new Arena which is used for Sporting and other events. It is quite nice compared to the old gym which was not air-conditioned and was built back in the 50's.

The school also works closely with the City of Charlestown to create a better learning environment for Students. By doing this and working with the laptop initiative, they have launched a Digital Connectors Program. In this program students learn and work with technology. They create websites, make commercials, stream videos and recordings, and also teach people about the technology they use.

Anyway, I give the school a rating of 4 stars. It is a great school and test scores are going up, so improvement can still be made. There are also occasional fights in the school, this is mainly because of, well, its High School and students have Teenage Drama. I am also quite disappointed by the bus situation with the school, at times, depending on where you live, you may have up to 60 people on your bus and also ride the bus for an hour if you happen to be one of the first students to get on.

Charlestown Senior High School is a great school to go to, and I am proud to be going there. I mean, not too many people (currently) can say they go to a school with a Laptop Initiative! Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

This school is a nice school. All of the teachers here are nice, and there are lots of things to do. Plus, they now offer the Apple One to One Computer Initiative, which is making school ALOT easier. We carry less books, and the teachers have more fun lesson plans for us. I seem to learn better when I have more fun, and with this program, it is the perfict balance for that.

The only problems, is there are lots of crowds this year, though there are just around 700 students (a fourty or so more jump from last year). My bus is also extremely crowded, becuase all of these people and the new houses they are building around here. Alot of people moved in because of the new program, and that they are remodeling the whole school. The halls are congested between classes, and especially at the begining of the day. So I have to try to make quick trips. I expect all of this to ease up after part of the new school is finished though.

This school is a nice school, and I really enjoy going here. The teachers are really nice, and there are a few problems, but it is still a very good school. The apple program is a really cool feature of this school, as well as how the new school will look once completed (it will be able to hold around 1,200 students). Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Charlestown Senior High School	Public	9-12	Monroe/Park Sts	Charlestown	47111	Clark County	Greater Clark County Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 256-3328	860	52	16.5	39.9%	641 (74.5%)	34 (4.0%)	111 (12.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (8.1%)	49.4	210^th of 429 public high schools	51.0%		53.2	175^th of 432 public high schools	59.5%	35	48.8	15.3											49.2	$11,187	$579	$10,608
Silver Creek High School	Public	9-12	557 Renz Ave	Sellersburg	47172	Clark County	Silver Creek School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 246-3391	976	61	16.0	32.0%	766 (78.5%)	22 (2.3%)	118 (12.1%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (5.9%)	65.1	107^th of 429 public high schools	75.1%		54.5	166^th of 432 public high schools	61.6%	59	66.7	25.0											45.8	$10,440	$462	$9,978
Henryville Junior & Senior High School	Public	7-12	213 N Ferguson St	Henryville	47126	Clark County	Borden-Henryville School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 294-1455	487	35	14.1	33.1%	461 (94.7%)	6 (1.2%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	41.9	250^th of 429 public high schools	41.7%		50.4	196^th of 432 public high schools	54.6%	54	54.3	14.3		29.8	37.1	33.2		27.9	24.7	26.4			31.9	$12,622	$468	$12,154
Jeffersonville High School	Public	9-12	2315 Allison Ln	Jeffersonville	47130	Clark County	Greater Clark County Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 282-6601	2,202	117	18.9	57.4%	922 (41.9%)	488 (22.2%)	491 (22.3%)	34 (1.5%)	5 (0.2%)	13 (0.6%)	249 (11.3%)	35.3	283^rd of 429 public high schools	34.0%		32.7	294^th of 432 public high schools	31.9%	11	43.6	11.2											38.6	$10,274	$517	$9,756
New Washington Middle/High School	Public	6-12	226 N Hwy 62	New Washington	47162	Clark County	Greater Clark County Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 293-3368	331	26	12.5	48.0%	305 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	62.2	125^th of 429 public high schools	70.9%		55	162^nd of 432 public high schools	62.5%	37	56.1	17.1	40.0	50.0	42.5	44.4	36.0	26.9	25.0	29.6	28.0	28.0	64.7	$13,562	$520	$13,041
Prosser Career Education Center	Public	6-12	4202 Charlestown Rd	New Albany	47150	Floyd County	New Albany-Floyd County Con School	No	No	No	No	(812) 949-4266	0	34	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Excel Center - Clarksville	Public, Charter	9-12	1329 Applegate Lane	Clarksville	47129	Clark County	Excel Center - Clarksville	Yes	No	No	No	(812) 283-7908	329	10	32.9	61.7%	138 (41.9%)	64 (19.5%)	92 (28.0%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.8%)	8.6	399^th of 429 public high schools	7.0%		9.1	390^th of 432 public high schools	9.7%	9	22.2	0.0												$3,912	$153	$3,759
Indiana Gateway Alternative School	Public, Virtual	9-12	220 Ettel Lane	Clarksville	47129	Clark County	Clarksville Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(812) 282-7753	365	21	17.8	47.1%	267 (73.2%)	37 (10.1%)	33 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.4%)	7.4	404^th of 429 public high schools	5.8%		8.1	398^th of 432 public high schools	7.9%	6	16.4	0.8											16.7	$7,817	$64	$7,753
Clarksville Senior High School	Public	9-12	800 Dr Dot Lewis Dr	Clarksville	47129	Clark County	Clarksville Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 282-8231	412	31	13.1	46.4%	236 (57.3%)	41 (10.0%)	87 (21.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.9%)	29.2	308^th of 429 public high schools	28.2%		32	299^th of 432 public high schools	30.8%	9	37.0	13.0											32.5	$11,180	$99	$11,081
New Albany Senior High School	Public	9-12	1020 Vincennes St	New Albany	47150	Floyd County	New Albany-Floyd County Con School	No	No	No	No	(812) 542-8506	1,821	102	17.9	56.1%	1,080 (59.3%)	322 (17.7%)	220 (12.1%)	15 (0.8%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	176 (9.7%)	50.1	203^rd of 429 public high schools	52.7%		53	178^th of 432 public high schools	58.8%	25	45.8	15.9											54.8	$11,126	$688	$10,437

Frequently Asked Questions about Charlestown Senior High School

How many students attend Charlestown Senior High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 860 students attended Charlestown Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Charlestown Senior High School?

Students at Charlestown Senior High School are 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% African American.

Is Charlestown Senior High School a good school?

Charlestown Senior High School ranks 210^th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Charlestown Senior High School?

Charlestown Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Jonathan Jennings Elementary School
Elementary : Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
Middle : Charlestown Middle School

What district is Charlestown Senior High School in?

Greater Clark County Schools

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