Summary:
Jasper, Indiana has four public schools serving grades PK–12, all within the Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools district: two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with no alternative schools. Total enrollment is 3,383 students. The district ranks 46th of 374 Indiana districts — about the 88th percentile — and holds a 4-star rating. The elementary schools are Jasper Elementary School (1,023 students) and Ireland Elementary School (548), which feed Jasper Middle School (709) and Jasper High School (1,103).
Jasper Middle School is the academic standout: ranked 50th of 486 middle schools, the 90th percentile, with 4 stars stable for three years (55th, 49th, 50th). Its chronic absenteeism is 4.3%, ELA all-grade proficiency is 56.12%, and science is 52.16%, all above district. It reports 100% Biology End of Course proficiency in both years shown, versus district rates near 41% — a dramatic outlier likely reflecting a small or select group of test-takers. Ireland Elementary School leads the elementaries, with all-grade math at 72.22% versus district 56.72% and 3rd-grade math at 89.89%, plus the lowest absenteeism (2.9%) and lowest free/reduced lunch (17.88%). It did slip from 5 stars / 97th percentile to 4 stars / 84th percentile.
Jasper Elementary School is the largest elementary but the weakest current performer: 3 stars, 64th percentile, down from 4 stars, with all-grade ELA 47.6%, math 53.6%, and science 45.12% — each below district averages — and the city's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 56.11%. Its absenteeism, 5.0%, is still below district and state. Jasper High School is strong on graduation (96.9% versus state 89.7%) and SAT (EBRW 59.42% versus state 51.9%; math 35.14% versus 25.6%), and has climbed from 107th to 99th to 90th, at 4 stars and the 78th percentile. Its weak spot is Biology EOC at 30.94%, below district 40.76%. Citywide, chronic absenteeism is a clear strength, with every school far below the state's 16.7%.
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