Summary:
Greater Clark County Schools in Indiana includes three middle schools serving grades 6 through 8 — River Valley Middle School, Parkview Middle School, and Charlestown Middle School — with a combined enrollment of 2,160 students. All three share the same district rating for Greater Clark County Schools: rank 201 of 374, 46th percentile, 2 stars. That shared rating hides large differences between the individual schools.
Charlestown Middle School is the clear standout. It ranks 89 of 486 for 2025–2026 at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars, up from 3 stars in 2023–2024. Its all-grade ILEARN scores are 55.24% in ELA, 42.5% in Math, and 53.37% in Science, all well above the district's 37.53%, 38.86%, and 34.36%. Charlestown leads the other two schools in every listed grade-level subject and improved in all three all-grade subjects year over year. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 22.3% and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 44.05%, despite having the highest student-teacher ratio at 16.5.
River Valley Middle School is the largest school at 857 students, ranking 242 of 486 at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, an improvement from 2 stars the prior year. Its ELA score of 38.08% is slightly above the district, but Math (30.78%) and Science (31.07%) are below it, and it has the highest chronic absenteeism at 30.1%. Parkview Middle School ranks lowest at 304 of 486, 37th percentile, 2 stars, and declined in all three all-grade subjects, with ELA 29.99%, Math 28.47%, and Science 30.23%, all below district averages. Its bright spot is 8th-grade Math at 30.81%, above the district's 28.99% and River Valley's 22.97%. Parkview also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.6 and the lowest per-student spending at $10,801. Notably, all three schools exceed the state's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate.
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