Adams Central Community Schools

Adams Central Community Schools is a small, four-star Indiana district serving 1,357 students across three schools on one shared campus in Monroe, Indiana, and it ranks 79th of 374 Indiana districts. Adams Central Elementary School enrolls 621 students in PK–5, Adams Central Middle School enrolls 324 in grades 6–8, and Adams Central High School enrolls 412 in grades 9–12. There is no alternative school. Elementary students make up 45.8% of enrollment, high school students 30.4%, and middle school students 23.9%.

The middle school is the district's academic standout, ranking 57th of 486 schools (88th percentile) with 4 stars and beating the state in every listed grade-level subject; 8th-grade math proficiency is 63.16% against the state's 34.2%. The high school is also strong, at 126th of 415 (70th percentile) with 4 stars, a 98.9% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, and SAT scores above state averages. The elementary school lags, ranking 445th of 1,015 (56th percentile) with 3 stars and trailing the district in all-grade ELA (37.73% vs. 44.33%), math (54.21% vs. 57.04%), and science (48.84% vs. 50.28%). Fifth grade is a weak spot, with ELA at 30.68% versus the state's 42.2% and social studies at 34.09% versus 47.2%.

Attendance is a district-wide strength: chronic absenteeism is 3.0% at the middle school, 3.3% at the elementary school, and 6.5% at the high school, all far below the state's 16.7%. Per-student spending is highest at the high school ($11,326) and lowest at the elementary school ($10,493), while student-teacher ratios are nearly identical at roughly 13.5 to 13.6, and free/reduced lunch rates are similar across campuses (24.51%–28.70%). Trends worth watching include the middle school's percentile slip from 95 to 91 to 88, the high school's Biology EOC drop from 53.33% to 41.41%, and the elementary school's 5th-grade social studies swing.