Summary:
Greencastle, Indiana is a two-district city serving about 2,775 students across 8 schools — 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools, spanning prekindergarten through 12th grade. Greencastle Community School Corp enrolls roughly 1,818 students in 5 buildings: Deer Meadow Primary School (PK–2), Martha J Ridpath Elementary School (K–2), Tzouanakis Intermediate School (3–5), Greencastle Middle School, and Greencastle High School. South Putnam Community Schools serves about 957 students at Central Elementary School (K–5), South Putnam Middle School, and South Putnam High School. Deer Meadow and Martha J Ridpath have no test scores or rank history because Indiana does not test those grade levels.
Two schools stand out for strong, improving results. South Putnam Middle School has the city's lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.5% and 7th grade math proficiency of 52.94% — 17.0 points above the state — on the lowest per-pupil budget in the city, $7,978. Central Elementary School is the biggest riser, climbing from 518th to 265th statewide, with 3rd grade math at 74.58%. Greencastle High School reached the 81st percentile and raised Biology proficiency from 41.98% to 61.68%. South Putnam High School posts the city's best graduation rate, 90.6%, versus Greencastle High's 86.3%.
Families should also weigh the watch points. 7th grade math shows the widest building-to-building gap in the city: 19.47% at Greencastle Middle versus 52.94% at South Putnam Middle. Tzouanakis Intermediate School has held 2 stars for three straight years and trails the state in every tested ELA grade, while Greencastle High carries the city's highest absenteeism at 24.0%. SAT math proficiency sits under 30% at both high schools, and spending shows no consistent relationship with outcomes.
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