Summary:
Baugo Community Schools in Elkhart, Indiana serves grades 9–12 through a single high school, Jimtown High School, which enrolls 546 students and is the only high school option in the district, so all high-school-level figures for the district reflect this one school.
Jimtown High School is a 4-star school that ranks 79th out of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 81st percentile. That is a strong rebound from 2024–2025, when it ranked 165th of 429 and earned 3 stars. Its clearest strengths are graduation and English. The graduation rate is 94.6% in 2024–2025, well above the state's 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency rose from 52.83% to 61.11%, which is 9.21 points above the state's 51.9%. Biology ILEARN proficiency showed the largest year-over-year gain, climbing from 42.24% to 53.78%. The district as a whole ranks 51st of 374 districts statewide, in the 86th percentile with 4 stars.
The main concerns are attendance and math. Chronic absenteeism is 26.1% in 2024–2025 — roughly 1 in 4 students — compared with the district's 15.2% and the state's 16.7%. SAT Mathematics proficiency was 25.4% in 2025–2026, slightly below the state's 25.6% and down from 27.36% the prior year, making math the weakest of the three assessed areas. It also slipped from 1.96 points above the state to 0.20 points below it. Contextual indicators are moderate: 40.48% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,161, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.8:1.
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