Summary:
South Central Com School Corp is a two-school Indiana district in Union Mills serving PK–12, with South Central Elementary School for PK–6 (523 students) and South Central Junior-Senior High School for 7–12 (463 students), together about 986 students, and the district ranks 86th of 374 Indiana districts (77th percentile, 4 stars).
South Central Elementary School is the clear standout, ranking 195th of 1,015 schools in 2025–26 (81st percentile, 4 stars) and holding 4 stars across recent years. Its math results are especially strong: all-grade math is 64.45% versus the district’s 55.38%, with 3rd-grade math at 77.03% versus the state’s 51.9% and 4th-grade math at 75.36% versus 52.0%. ELA is mostly above state too, including 4th grade at 66.67% versus 42.2%, though 5th-grade ELA is 36.47%, below the state’s 42.2%. Chronic absenteeism is low at 7.5%, compared with the district’s 10.0% and the state’s 16.7%.
South Central Junior-Senior High School is improving but mixed. It ranks 186th of 415 schools in 2025–26 (55th percentile, 3 stars), up from 2 stars in 2023–24, though its percentile eased from 62nd to 55th. Its graduation rate is a strength at 95.7% versus the state’s 89.7%, and Biology EOC rose to 63.64% from 50.0%. 7th-grade ELA and math are above state. But high school math is weak: all-grade math is 37.66% versus the elementary school’s 64.45% and the district’s 55.38%, and SAT math is 7.25% versus the state’s 25.6%. SAT ERW fell to 47.83% from 66.27% and is now below the state’s 51.9%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.9%, higher than the elementary school’s 7.5% but below the state’s 16.7%. It spends more per student ($12,129 versus $10,353) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (16.8 versus 19.0), though those differences likely reflect grade-level costs and student needs.
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