Summary:
Charlestown, Indiana is served by just two schools — Charlestown Middle School (grades 6–8, 647 students) and Charlestown Senior High School (grades 9–12, 860 students) — both in the Greater Clark County Schools district, with no elementary or alternative schools listed, so the available picture covers only grades 6–12.
The middle school is the academic standout. It ranks 89 of 486 (82nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, up from 66th percentile three years earlier and well ahead of the high school's 63rd percentile and 3 stars. Its all-grade ELA (55.24% vs district 37.53%), math (42.5% vs 38.86%), and science (53.37% vs 34.36%) scores all exceed district averages, and each grade-level result is above district, with 7th-grade math (34.55%) the only slight exception below the state's 35.9%. It achieves this despite a higher free/reduced lunch rate than the high school, 44.05% vs 39.88%.
The high school has a split profile: its 97.7% graduation rate beats both district (95.8%) and state (89.7%), and Biology ILEARN End-of-Course rose from 49.23% to 62.43%. But SAT Math proficiency is only 17.01% against the state's 25.6%, and SAT ERW is 48.55% vs 51.9%. Both schools improved their rank in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is a shared challenge — 26.0% at the high school and 22.3% at the middle school, both above the state's 16.7% but below the district's 27.3%. Resources are nearly identical: $11,187 and $11,124 per student, with a 16.5 student-teacher ratio at both.
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