Summary:
Union Mills, Indiana is served by just two schools — South Central Elementary School and South Central Junior-Senior High School — both part of South Central Com School Corp. Together they cover grades PK through 12 and enroll about 986 students, split between 523 at the elementary and 463 at the junior-senior high. The district ranks #86 of 374 in Indiana, at the 77th percentile with 4 stars.
South Central Elementary is the academic anchor. It has held 4 stars in all three recent ranking years, landing around the 81st percentile, and its chronic absenteeism is just 7.5% — better than the district's 10.0% and far better than the state's 16.7%. Math is the standout: 3rd graders scored 77.03% and 4th graders 75.36%, against state averages of 51.9% and 52%. Science is strong too, with 4th grade at 65.22% versus the state's 43.8%. The one soft spot is 5th grade ELA, at 36.47% versus the state's 42.2%.
South Central Junior-Senior High tells a more mixed story. Its graduation rate is 95.7%, well above the state's 89.7%, and its ranking improved from 2 stars to 3 stars. Biology EOC results are solid at 63.64%. But math lags badly: all-grade math is 37.66% versus the district's 55.38%, and SAT Math is only 7.25% versus the state's 25.6%. SAT reading and writing also fell, from 66.27% to 47.83%. Notably, the high school spends more per student ($12,129 versus $10,353) with smaller classes (16.8 versus 19 students per teacher), so the math gap isn't explained by fewer resources.
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