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Best Public Schools in Spencer County, IN

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At a glance

Schools

2,935

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedHeritage Hills Middle School12^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

David Turnham Education Center up 75 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

South Spencer Middle School 10.7 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	13726 N Sr 245	Lamar	47550	Spencer County	North Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 937-2400	380	19	19.7	32.4%	356 (93.7%)	4 (1.1%)	9 (2.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	88.8	82^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	91.9%		87.7	110^th of 1005 public elementary schools	89.1%	28			72.5	62.3	55.8	61.1			62.3	82.5	77.4	53.9	63.0			68.3	64.2	59.3	61.7	61.5		$8,324	$176	$8,148
Chrisney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	311 Church St	Chrisney	47611	Spencer County	North Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 937-2400	216	15	14.3	38.4%	209 (96.8%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	84.8	141^st of 1015 public elementary schools	86.1%		83.7	147^th of 1005 public elementary schools	85.4%	6			62.1	75.7	51.7	30.0			58.3	82.8	86.5	72.4	65.0			78.3	73.0	45.0	63.2	48.3		$9,843	$484	$9,360
David Turnham Education Center	Public	PK, KG-6	Dunn & Locust Sts	Dale	47523	Spencer County	North Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 937-2400	299	19	16.0	52.2%	208 (69.6%)	1 (0.3%)	87 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	80.5	176^th of 1015 public elementary schools	82.7%		73.7	251^st of 1005 public elementary schools	75.0%	75			62.9	73.7	46.8	57.5			59.4	71.4	73.7	51.1	52.5			61.3	63.2	47.5	55.1	48.9		$10,048	$840	$9,209
Heritage Hills High School	Public	9-12	3644 E Cr 1600 N	Lincoln City	47552	Spencer County	North Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 842-2797	634	45	14.2	28.7%	562 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.5%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	85.3	28^th of 415 public high schools	93.3%		88.3	18^th of 429 public high schools	95.8%	10	64.9	43.2																			64.5	$11,439	$176	$11,263
Heritage Hills Middle School	Public	7-8	3646 E Cr 1600 N	Lincoln City	47552	Spencer County	North Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 937-2400	341	18	18.9	35.2%	306 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	95.7	12^th of 486 public middle schools	97.5%		95.7	13^th of 480 public middle schools	97.3%	1							65.1	65.9	65.5					63.0	62.3	62.6						$8,663	$176	$8,488
Luce Elementary School	Public	K-5	1057 N Cr 700 W	Richland	47634	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 359-4401	178	16	11.1	37.1%	173 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	88.9	81^st of 1015 public elementary schools	92.0%		88.6	98^th of 1005 public elementary schools	90.2%	17			63.2	69.2	65.5				65.6	68.4	69.2	62.1				66.7	73.1		73.1	65.5		$12,410	$2,411	$10,000
Rockport-Ohio Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 S 6th St	Rockport	47635	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 649-2201	317	26	12.4	55.8%	283 (89.3%)	6 (1.9%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.4%)	32.6	697^th of 1015 public elementary schools	31.3%		33.7	690^th of 1005 public elementary schools	31.3%	7			41.7	30.6	38.8				37.6	35.4	13.9	20.4				24.1	16.7		16.7	42.9		$9,763	$1,711	$8,053
South Spencer High School	Public	9-12	1142 N Orchard Rd	Rockport	47635	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 649-9157	350	31	11.2	36.0%	323 (92.3%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	68.6	81^st of 415 public high schools	80.5%		61.2	131^st of 429 public high schools	69.5%	50	61.5	28.9																			47.0	$12,026	$597	$11,429
South Spencer Middle School	Public	6-8	1298 N Orchard Rd	Rockport	47635	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 649-2203	220	21	10.7	47.3%	210 (95.5%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	81.7	72^nd of 486 public middle schools	85.2%		77.9	93^rd of 480 public middle schools	80.6%	21						59.0	43.9	60.0	53.6				53.9	46.9	48.3	49.8		50.0	50.0			$12,342	$514	$11,828

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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.

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