Clinton Prairie School Corporation

Clinton Prairie School Corporation is a small Indiana district serving 1,153 students in just two schools: Clinton Prairie Elementary School, which covers PK–6 with 656 students, and Clinton Prairie Junior-Senior High School, which combines grades 7–12 with 497 students. There is no standalone middle school. The district ranks 132nd of 374 in Indiana, placing it at the 65th percentile with 3 stars.

The elementary school ranks 463rd of 1,015 (54th percentile, 3 stars) and its strengths are in math: 4th grade ELA was 52.44% proficient versus the state's 42.2%, 4th grade math 59.76% versus 52%, and 6th grade math 51.14% versus 40.2%. All-grades math (48.88%) is 4.41 points above the district, and science rose from 34.55% to 40.59% year over year. Its weak point is 5th grade, where ELA (32.29% vs. 42.2%), math (36.46% vs. 42%), and especially social studies (33.33% vs. 47.2%) trail the state. The junior-senior high ranks 140th of 415 (66th percentile, 3 stars), down from 4 stars and the 81st–82nd percentile. Its bright spots are a 94.4% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, Biology EOC at 54.62% (down from 60.66%), and 7th and 8th grade math slightly above state. Its concerns are ELA all grades at 34.46% versus the district's 38.09%, math all grades at 35.59% versus 44.47%, and SAT ERW (46.99% vs. 51.9%) and SAT math (22.89% vs. 25.6%).

Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide strength: 11.0% at the elementary school, 12.8% at the high school, and 11.8% for the district, all below Indiana's 16.7%. Interestingly, the elementary school spends more per student ($15,427 vs. $13,936) and has larger classes (14.1 vs. 12.2 students per teacher), yet the high school's 2025–26 ELA and math results are generally weaker relative to district and state comparisons — spending and class size alone don't explain the difference. The most actionable patterns are at the grade level: 4th grade ELA/math and 6th grade math are elementary strengths, 5th grade is the weak spot, and the high school's biggest red flags are ELA and SAT reading.