North Central Parke Community School Corp

North Central Parke Community School Corp is a four-school Indiana district serving roughly 1,180 students across two PK–5 elementary schools, one 6–8 middle school, and one 9–12 high school, with enrollment split about evenly between elementary and secondary grades. District-wide, it is rated rank 136 of 374, the 64th percentile with 3 stars — but that single rating masks wide variation, since its schools range from the 80th percentile down to the 41st.

The standout is Parke Heritage High School, rated 80th percentile with 4 stars, up sharply from 52nd percentile a year earlier. It posts the district's only graduation rate, 97.7% versus the state's 89.7%, along with SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency of 59.78% and Biology proficiency of 67.16%. Its weak spots are SAT Mathematics at 19.57%, below the state's 25.6%, and the group's highest chronic absenteeism at 18.7%. Rockville Elementary School is the strongest elementary, topping district averages in ELA (50%), Math (44.94%), and Science (44%), and climbing from the 37th to the 60th percentile over three years, now 3 stars. Its 5th grade ELA result, 57.63%, is well above the state's 42.2%.

Turkey Run Elementary School has the best attendance at 10.3% chronic absenteeism, below the district's 14.0% and the state's 16.7%, plus a strong 3rd grade Math result of 67.65%. Yet its rank has fallen from the 57th to the 41st percentile (2 stars), and its 4th and 5th grade ELA results sit far below state levels. Parke Heritage Middle School is 52nd percentile/3 stars, with 7th grade ELA at 19.79% — less than half the state's 41.7% — while 8th grade Math is 45.21%, above the state's 34.2%. District-wide, chronic absenteeism ranges from 10.3% to 18.7% and student-teacher ratios from 7.7 to 11.6.