Eastern Hancock County Com School Corp

Eastern Hancock County Com School Corp is a small rural district in eastern Hancock County, Indiana, serving about 1,219 students across three schools — one elementary (PK–5), one middle school (6–8), and one high school (9–12). The district as a whole ranks 128 of 374 Indiana districts, in the 66th percentile with 3 stars — above average, but not top-tier. That district ranking appears on each school's record and is not a school-specific rating.

Eastern Hancock Elementary School is the district's academic engine and its largest school, with 549 students (about 45% of enrollment). It is the only school holding 4 stars in 2025–26, ranking 219 of 1,015 (78th percentile), and it has stayed at 4 stars for three straight years. Its all-grade proficiency beats the district by roughly 9–11 points in ELA, math, and science, and its 5th grade social studies score of 72.34% is the highest single figure in the data. Its chronic absenteeism of 11.2% is the highest of the three schools but still well below the state's 16.7%. Eastern Hancock Middle School has the district's best attendance at 9.2%, but the weakest overall proficiency: all-grade ELA is 31.45% against the district's 41.33%, and 6th grade ELA is 25.00% versus the state's 41.3%. Math is a relative bright spot, beating the state in grades 6, 7, and 8. Its rank has slipped from the 65th to the 55th percentile while holding 3 stars.

Eastern Hancock High School posts strong outcomes in graduation (96.7%, about 7 points above the state) and attendance (9.7%), but its academics are volatile: it fell from 4 stars and the 76th percentile in 2024–25 to 2 stars and the 44th percentile in 2025–26, with SAT math dropping from 27.45% to 14.08% (state: 25.6%). Notably, attendance is a district-wide strength — all three schools beat the state's chronic absenteeism rate. Also, the elementary school has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (39.34%) yet the strongest scores, so poverty alone does not explain results.