Summary:
Georgetown, Indiana is served by two public schools covering prekindergarten through eighth grade: Georgetown Elementary School (grades PK–4, 659 students) and Highland Hills Middle School (grades 5–8, 1,676 students). Both are part of the New Albany-Floyd County Con School district, which ranks 102 of 374 Indiana districts. Together the two schools enroll 2,335 students, and no high school is listed for the city, so Georgetown students continue elsewhere in the district after eighth grade.
Highland Hills Middle School is the standout of the two. It ranks 26 of 486 Indiana middle schools — the 95th percentile with 5 stars — and has climbed steadily from 40th to 30th to 26th over three years. Its all-grade proficiency beats the district in all three subjects: ELA 64.56%, Math 58.76%, and Science 61.07%. Fifth-grade social studies is especially strong at 75.06% versus the state's 47.2%, and even its lowest grade-level math result, 8th grade at 49.39%, sits well above the district's 39.13% and the state's 34.2%. Chronic absenteeism is just 7.4%, compared with 16.3% district-wide and 16.7% statewide.
Georgetown Elementary School has an exceptional math program: all-grade math proficiency is 67.6%, 17.55 points above the district, with 3rd grade at 69.35% and 4th grade at 65.87% against a state average near 52%. ELA is also above district at 55.2%. Science is the weak spot at 44.44%, slightly under the district's 45.47% and down from 53.28% the year before, and the school's rank has slipped from 93rd percentile and 5 stars to 78th percentile and 4 stars. Its absenteeism is also low at 7.8%. Because the two schools serve different grade levels and test different content, families should compare them with that in mind.
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