Summary:
Anderson Community School Corp is a nine-school Indiana district serving about 6,181 students across seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. It is ranked 343 of 374 Indiana districts, in the 8th percentile, with 0 stars. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide concern: the district rate is 30.9% in 2024-25, nearly double the state rate of 16.7%, and every listed school is above the state. Free/reduced lunch rates range from 49.45% at Edgewood Elementary School to 76.49% at Valley Grove Elementary School, with a median of 67.03%.
Eastside Elementary School is the district standout, leading all-grade ELA at 25.82%, math at 33.01%, and science at 36.25%, against district averages of 17.05%, 17.03%, and 21.36%. Valley Grove, despite the highest poverty rate, beats the district in math (23.28%) and science (32.31%). Erskine Elementary School posts the strongest science (35.94%) and the highest reported per-student spending at $16,457. Highland Middle School shows an unusual Biology EOC result of 55.71% versus the district's 22.68%, though its all-grade math is only 11.84%. Anderson Elementary School ranks 999 of 1,015 with 0 stars, ELA 4.25%, and math 10.81%.
Fifth grade is a district-wide weak point. In 5th-grade ELA, Anderson Elementary is at 0% and Erskine at 5.08%, against a state rate of 42.2%; in 5th-grade math, Anderson Elementary is 1.25% and Erskine 5.08%, against 42%. Absenteeism is highest at Edgewood (39.2%), Anderson High School (38.0%), and Highland (35.4%); the lowest listed rate, Tenth Street Elementary School at 21.2%, still exceeds the state. Anderson High's graduation rate is 81.6% versus the state's 89.7%, and its SAT math is 10.96%, suggesting math weakness persists from middle school through high school. Poverty and spending do not track neatly with outcomes, so families should weigh each school individually.
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