Summary:
High schools in Fayette County School Corporation include exactly one high school, Connersville Senior High School, serving grades 9–12 with 912 students in Fayette County, Indiana. Because it is the only high school in the district, there are no in-district peer high schools to compare it against, so its school-level figures often match district-level figures.
For parents, the clearest positive is graduation: the school’s 2024–2025 graduation rate is 92.8%, above Indiana’s 89.7%. However, chronic absenteeism is a major concern at 23.6%, well above the state’s 16.7% and slightly below the district’s 24.7%. The ranking history has weakened, moving from 160 of 432, 63rd percentile, 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 267 of 415, 36th percentile, 2 stars in 2025–2026. Contextual figures include 59.43% free/reduced lunch, $13,673 per-student spending, and a 16.1:1 student-teacher ratio.
Academically, SAT Mathematics proficiency is the weakest area: 16.67% in 2025–2026 versus the state’s 25.6%, and 15.74% in 2024–2025 versus the state’s 25.4%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is stronger but still below state: 45% in 2025–2026 versus 51.9%, and 46.3% in 2024–2025 versus 54.5%. Biology proficiency declined from 42.07% in 2024–2025 to 34.78% in 2025–2026, and the earlier figure was below the state’s 45.6%. Overall, Connersville Senior High School shows a mixed profile: graduation is a relative strength, while chronic absenteeism, math proficiency, and recent ranking trends are the most pressing challenges.
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