Summary:
Shelby Eastern Schools is a small Indiana district serving about 1,292 students across four schools: two PK–5 elementary schools and two 6–12 junior-senior high schools, with enrollment closely balanced between 298 and 338 students per school. The district as a whole is ranked 188 of 374 in Indiana, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars.
Each school has a distinct profile. Morristown Junior-Senior High School is the academic standout, ranked 111 of 415 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) — a sharp rebound from 49th percentile the prior year — with strong SAT reading (63.04%) and SAT math (32.61%), though its 87.8% graduation rate sits below the district's 90.8%. Waldron Elementary School has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 2.6% (state: 16.7%) and leads in math (50.69%) and science (57.78%), but its ELA is weak at 28.97%. Waldron Junior-Senior High School posts the highest graduation rate (93.4%) and smallest classes (student-teacher ratio 12.6), yet the lowest rank of the four (32nd percentile, 2 stars) and low SAT math (12.5%). Morristown Elementary School shines in 3rd grade math (55.32%) but struggles in 5th grade math (19.64%).
Common threads: all four schools are below the state chronic absenteeism rate; 5th grade ELA is a district-wide weak spot (Morristown 23.21%, Waldron 22.0%, district 22.64%, vs. state 42.2%); and math results vary widely by school and grade. Spending and class size alone do not explain outcomes — high schools spend more ($12,321–$12,769) with smaller classes (12.6–12.8) than elementaries ($10,399–$10,739; ratios 16–17), yet results differ within each level. Free/reduced lunch is also similar across the four schools (41.74%–44.38%).
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