Summary:
Baugo Community Schools is an Indiana district with four schools serving K–12 students: Jimtown Elementary School (K–2), Jimtown Intermediate School (3–6), Jimtown Junior High School (7–8), and Jimtown High School (9–12), totaling 1,849 students. The district is rated 51st of 374 Indiana districts—86th percentile with 4 stars—but results vary by school.
The intermediate school stands out as the strongest academic and attendance profile. Its 2025–2026 math proficiency is 68.73% vs district 61.69%, and ELA is 52.12% vs 47.92%. Grade 3 math is 85.16% vs state 51.9%, and grade 4 math is 75.16% vs 52.0%. Its chronic absenteeism is 7.1%, far below district 15.2% and state 16.7%. The high school has a 94.6% graduation rate vs state 89.7%, SAT ERW 61.11% vs state 51.9%, and improved to 79 of 415 schools (81st percentile, 4 stars), but its chronic absenteeism is 26.1%, higher than district and state.
The junior high is more mixed. Its 7th-grade math is 61.42% vs state 35.9% and 8th-grade math is 38.6% vs state 34.2%, but ELA all grades is 39.93% vs district 47.92% and math all grades is 48.32% vs district 61.69%; its rank fell from the 85th to the 70th percentile. The elementary school serves K–2, so it has no ILEARN data; its chronic absenteeism is 11.1%, below district and state. Attendance challenges grow in upper grades, and spending does not map neatly onto outcomes: the high school spends $14,161 per student with 12.8 students per teacher but has the highest absenteeism, while the intermediate school spends $10,091 with 17.6 students per teacher yet posts strong results. At the intermediate school, 5th-grade social studies remains below state: 45.45% vs 47.2% in 2025–2026 and 28.57% vs 38.5% in 2024–2025, though it improved.
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