Summary:
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp (EVSC) is home to five high schools serving grades 9–12, together enrolling 5,626 students. Enrollment ranges widely: North High School is the largest at 1,650 students, while New Technical Institute is the smallest at 264 — about 4.7% of the group total. Harrison High School (1,332), Reitz High School (1,293), and Central High School (1,087) fall in between. The district is ranked 258 of 374 (31st percentile, 2 stars), with an 88.3% graduation rate and 21.5% chronic absenteeism, yet four of its five high schools earned 4 stars in 2025–26 — so the district-level rating does not reflect what most individual schools here show.
New Technical Institute is the top all-around performer: the highest graduation rate (98.0%), lowest chronic absenteeism (16.4%, below the state's 16.7%), top 2025–26 EBRW (62.90%) and Math (35.48%) proficiency, and the best rank at 48 of 415 (88th percentile, 4 stars). Central is the biggest improver, jumping from 159 of 429 to 66 of 415 (63rd to 84th percentile) and from 3 to 4 stars, with Math up from 22.03% to 35.43% — but it has the lowest graduation rate (86.8%) and 27.4% chronic absenteeism. North (98 of 415, 76th percentile, 4 stars) posts a 95.9% graduation rate with the lowest free/reduced lunch (35.94%) and lowest per-student spending ($11,270). Reitz (101 of 415, 76th percentile, 4 stars) is steady, with 94.4% graduation and 24.9% absenteeism.
Harrison is the clearest outlier needing support: 286 of 415 (31st percentile, 2 stars), the lowest test scores in every subject both years, the highest chronic absenteeism at 35.4%, and the highest free/reduced lunch at 52.78%. Notably, spending and student-teacher ratios do not map neatly to results — Central and Harrison spend the most with the lowest ratios, while North spends least and performs well. Poverty is related to outcomes but not deterministic, and absenteeism looks like the biggest lever for improvement.
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