Summary:
Tipton, Indiana, is served by three public schools in the Tipton Community School Corp — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — together enrolling 1,366 students across grades PK–12. The district ranks 80th of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 79th percentile with 4 stars. Enrollment is concentrated at the elementary level: Tipton Elementary School (PK–5) has 621 students, Tipton High School (9–12) has 437, and Tipton Middle School (6–8) has 308.
Tipton Elementary School is the standout improvement story, climbing from the 60th percentile in 2023–24 to the 82nd percentile in 2025–26 and gaining a star (184th of 1,015, 4 stars). Its all-grade ELA rose 13.01 points to 53.47%, and 5th-grade social studies rose 17.19 points to 59.09%. Math is its greatest strength at 65.02% all-grade, with every tested grade well above the state — 4th grade at 70.64% vs. state 52%. Tipton High School combines a 100.0% graduation rate (state: 89.7%) with the lowest chronic absenteeism locally at 10.6%, and SAT math proficiency of 30.53% against the state's 25.6%. SAT reading/writing sits near the state average at 51.91% vs. 51.9%.
Tipton Middle School is the clear pressure point: 227th of 486 (53rd percentile, 3 stars), with a relatively flat rank history. Its 2025–26 all-grade proficiency trails the district in ELA (37.04% vs. 44.98%), math (30.96% vs. 47.44%), and science (43.24% vs. 49.09%), and its chronic absenteeism of 13.0% is the highest of the three, though still below the state's 16.7%. Notably, the school with the highest free/reduced lunch rate and lowest per-student spending — the elementary — posts the strongest proficiency, so spending and enrollment alone do not predict outcomes here.
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