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Best Public Schools in Jackson County, IN

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Indiana Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Indiana Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

7,459

Students

Districts

Top rankedEmerson Elementary School253^rd of 1,005 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Brownstown Central High School up 105 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Emerson Elementary School 13.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)							ILEARN Math (2025)							ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (2025)	ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brownstown Central High School	Public	9-12	500 N Elm St	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 358-3453	463	34	13.8	35.2%	433 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	64.2	114^th of 429 public high schools	73.4%		47.1	219^th of 432 public high schools	49.3%	105	61.7	37.5																			26.7	$11,732	$385	$11,348
Brownstown Central Middle School	Public	6-8	520 W Walnut St	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 358-4947	307	18	17.5	51.1%	287 (93.5%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	57.5	194^th of 480 public middle schools	59.6%		48.5	248^th of 491 public middle schools	49.5%	54						48.4	40.8	37.0	42.0				44.0	25.5	17.4	28.8		49.5	49.5			$11,773	$675	$11,098
Brownstown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	612 S Base Rd	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 358-3680	621	37	16.7	52.5%	585 (94.2%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	43.7	586^th of 1005 public elementary schools	41.7%		40.8	621^st of 1011 public elementary schools	38.6%	35			30.2	43.6	32.4				34.7	55.6	45.7	18.9				40.5	46.8		46.8	23.4		$10,965	$1,407	$9,558
Medora Junior & Senior High School	Public	6-12	82 S George	Medora	47260	Jackson County	Medora Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 966-2201	95	15	6.5	67.4%	86 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.3%)	22.5	332^nd of 429 public high schools	22.6%		6.4	411^th of 432 public high schools	4.9%	79	43.8	0.0				23.1	40.0		34.4				7.7	40.0		18.8		23.1	23.1		25.0	$14,327	$1,889	$12,437
Medora STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	82 S George	Medora	47260	Jackson County	Medora Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 966-2201	90	7	13.8	75.6%	84 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	47.7	543^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	46.0%		44.5	584^th of 1011 public elementary schools	42.2%	41			23.1		33.3				32.4	46.2		46.7				50.0				40.0		$11,463	$4,504	$6,959
Cortland Elementary School	Public	K-4	6687 N Cr 400 E	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-7483	89	8	10.5	39.3%	86 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	69.7	291^st of 1005 public elementary schools	71.0%		72.1	269^th of 1011 public elementary schools	73.4%	22			45.8	47.4					46.5	41.7	68.4					53.5	79.0		79.0			$14,510	$471	$14,039
Emerson Elementary School	Public	K-4	500 Emerson Dr	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-2596	257	19	13.7	56.4%	153 (59.5%)	6 (2.3%)	77 (30.0%)	13 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	73.5	253^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	74.8%		75.2	235^th of 1011 public elementary schools	76.8%	18			57.6	43.1					50.9	69.5	58.8					64.6	45.1		45.1			$12,241	$754	$11,486
Margaret R Brown Elementary School	Public	K-4	550 Miller Ln	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5539	499	35	14.3	76.0%	87 (17.4%)	10 (2.0%)	381 (76.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	11.2	906^th of 1005 public elementary schools	9.9%		14.4	875^th of 1011 public elementary schools	13.5%	31			9.6	13.9					11.7	28.9	23.8					26.3	16.8		16.8			$11,179	$1,707	$9,471
Seymour Senior High School	Public	9-12	1350 W 2nd St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-4384	1,729	100	17.3	58.6%	864 (50.0%)	25 (1.4%)	770 (44.5%)	16 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.1%)	34.6	287^th of 429 public high schools	33.1%		37.8	274^th of 432 public high schools	36.6%	13	42.9	14.7																			32.1	$10,303	$990	$9,314
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	508 B Ave East	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5709	609	40	15.1	63.9%	224 (36.8%)	7 (1.1%)	360 (59.1%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	11.5	904^th of 1005 public elementary schools	10.0%		14.2	881^st of 1011 public elementary schools	12.9%	23			15.1	15.5					15.3	22.6	22.4					22.5	19.8		19.8			$9,707	$1,490	$8,218
Seymour-Redding Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1700 N Ewing St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5621	609	41	14.9	59.3%	342 (56.2%)	19 (3.1%)	218 (35.8%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	15 (2.5%)	31.6	716^th of 1005 public elementary schools	28.8%		31	723^rd of 1011 public elementary schools	28.5%	7			29.3	24.2					26.5	41.5	35.9					38.5	34.7		34.7			$10,561	$1,359	$9,202
Seymour Middle School	Public	7-8	920 N O'Brien St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-5453	778	49	15.8	60.5%	376 (48.3%)	11 (1.4%)	363 (46.7%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.4%)	38.2	313^th of 480 public middle schools	34.8%		39.1	303^rd of 491 public middle schools	38.3%	10							27.7	32.0	29.9					31.2	19.8	25.3						$12,181	$1,400	$10,782
Seymour Intermediate School	Public	5-6	1000 S Poplar St.	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(812) 523-4637	862	56	15.4	63.5%	388 (45.0%)	13 (1.5%)	423 (49.1%)	15 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)								(n/a)					20.3	24.7			22.6			24.7	26.6			25.7		25.5	25.5	22.1		$7,050	$971	$6,079
Crothersville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	109 S Preston St	Crothersville	47229	Jackson County	Crothersville Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 793-2622	230	15	15.8	46.5%	210 (91.3%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	23	789^th of 1005 public elementary schools	21.5%		26.7	753^rd of 1011 public elementary schools	25.5%	36			36.0	19.1	24.1				25.0	48.0	21.4	3.5				22.9	26.2		26.2	24.1		$10,763	$1,291	$9,473
Crothersville Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	109 N Preston St	Crothersville	47229	Jackson County	Crothersville Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 793-2051	221	15	15.2	52.5%	205 (92.8%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	42.4	247^th of 429 public high schools	42.4%		18.1	352^nd of 432 public high schools	18.5%	105	60.0	12.0				35.1	23.1	25.7	28.6				29.7	11.5	2.9	15.3		32.4	32.4		25.0	$10,596	$442	$10,154

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.