Summary:
Georgetown, Indiana has one middle school in this data set: Highland Hills Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 1,676 students in the New Albany-Floyd County Con School district. Because it is the only middle school listed for Georgetown, there are no local peer schools to compare; the most useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and Indiana. It is a standout: it earned 5 stars in each reported year and ranked 26th out of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 95th percentile. Its state rank improved from 40th in 2023–2024 to 26th in 2025–2026.
Academically, Highland Hills exceeds district and state averages in every reported 2025–2026 grade-level ILEARN comparison. All-grade proficiency is 64.56 in English Language Arts, 58.76 in Math, and 61.07 in Science, all ahead of district results; the largest all-grade margin is Science, +15.60 points. The highest reported grade-level result is 5th Grade Social Studies at 75.06, which is 18.91 points above the district and 27.86 points above the state. The lowest reported result is 8th Grade Math at 49.39, still 10.26 points above the district and 15.19 points above the state. Year over year, ELA, Science, and Social Studies 5 improved, while all-grade Math slipped only 0.42 points.
Non-test metrics are also strong. Chronic absenteeism is 7.4%, less than half the district rate of 16.3% and state rate of 16.7%. Free/reduced lunch is 19.09%, per-student spending is $10,091, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1; these are descriptive because no state comparisons are provided. Overall, for parents, Highland Hills appears to be a consistently high-performing, improving school with strong outcomes across most subjects and unusually low absenteeism. Its main academic standout is 5th Grade Social Studies, while its lowest relative result, 8th Grade Math, remains well above district and state averages. Data limitations include only one local middle school and no 2023–2024 test scores.
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