Summary:
Elizabeth, Indiana has two public schools — one elementary school and one combined junior/senior high school — both part of South Harrison Com Schools, serving roughly 604 students across grades PK–6 and 7–12, with grades 7–8 housed in the high school rather than in a separate middle school.
South Central Junior & Senior High School (260 students) stands out for graduation and reading: it graduates 98.1% of students, compared with 97.8% in the district and 89.7% statewide, and its 7th grade ELA (64.1%) and 8th grade ELA (57.14%) are far above the state’s 41.7% and 44%. Math is its clear weakness, with all-grades math at 28.41% against the district’s 45.05%, and SAT math below state. South Central Elementary (344 students) is nearly the reverse: math proficiency of 50% is above the district’s 45.05%, and chronic absenteeism of 12.3% is better than both the district (18.9%) and the state (16.7%), but its ELA, science, and social studies results are mixed.
Both schools currently hold 3 stars even though the district is rated 4 stars and sits at the 74th percentile. Attendance splits sharply between them — 20.2% chronic absenteeism at the high school, above district and state, versus 12.3% at the elementary. The high school spends $17,191 per student versus $12,204 and has a smaller 13.4:1 student-teacher ratio versus 16.9:1, yet its math outcomes still lag. Test results also swing notably from year to year at both schools.
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