Summary:
Aurora, Indiana is served by three schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all belonging to the South Dearborn Community School Corp, with 1,437 students enrolled across grades PK–12. The district itself is ranked 154th of 374 districts in Indiana, at the 59th percentile with 3 stars.
South Dearborn High School is the standout, ranked 131st of 415 schools (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — up from the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024. Its 93.7% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7%, and SAT Reading/Writing is 54.14% versus the state's 51.9%, though SAT Math lags at 23.57% against 25.6%. Notably, absenteeism is high: 24.1% chronic absenteeism against the district's 14.1% and the state's 16.7%, despite the school having the lowest poverty rate and highest per-student spending in the city.
Aurora Elementary School and South Dearborn Middle School both sit at the 34th percentile with 2 stars. The elementary has the lowest absenteeism in the city (9.8%) and all-grades Math above district (35.55%), but 5th grade Math is just 22.47%. The middle school has slid from the 50th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024, with all-grades Math at 21.85% and 8th grade Math at only 15.83% versus the state's 34.2% — the sharpest gap in the data. Biology End-of-Course is a bright spot, reaching 68.97% at the middle school and improving to 46.83% at the high school.
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