Summary:
Converse, Indiana is home to three public schools — Converse Elementary School (PK–2), Oak Hill Junior High School (7–8), and Oak Hill High School (9–12) — all part of Oak Hill United School Corp, with a combined listed enrollment of about 1,085 students. The high school is the largest at 528 students, followed by the elementary at 323 and the junior high at 234. Note that grades 3–6 are not in this list, so families should confirm where those students attend. The district itself ranks 106th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars.
Oak Hill Junior High is the clear academic standout, holding the 79th–82nd percentile and 4 stars for three straight years, with the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.4) and strong 8th-grade results: 58.33% proficient in ELA versus 44% statewide and 55.83% in math versus 34.2% statewide. Its 7th grade is noticeably weaker, and all-grade math trails the district. Oak Hill High performs well on completion measures — a 97.8% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, and reading/writing scores above state — but its academic rank has slipped from the 70th percentile and 4 stars to the 53rd percentile and 3 stars, and SAT math is below state in both reported years. Converse Elementary has no state test-score section listed, which is expected for a PK–2 school.
Across all three schools, attendance is a genuine strength: chronic absenteeism is 8.2%, 8.8%, and 9.5% respectively, against a state rate of 16.7%. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 37.5% at the high school to 43.16% at the junior high. Per-student spending is nearly identical ($11,667 to $11,756), so the junior high's stronger results are not explained by dramatically different resources. The most striking internal contrast is within the junior high, where 8th grade far outperforms 7th grade. Because some data is missing and year-to-year comparisons involve different students and tests, treat these patterns as useful signals rather than conclusions.
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