Summary:
Loogootee Community School Corp is a small Indiana district with three schools — one elementary, one middle and one high school — that form a single K–12 pathway serving 762 students. The district ranks 76th of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 80th percentile with a 4-star district rating. Enrollment is 310 at Loogootee Elementary School (K–4), 223 at Loogootee Middle School (5–8), and 229 at Loogootee High School (9–12).
Elementary and middle school are the district's standout performers. Loogootee Elementary School is strongest in math and science: all-grades math is 64.55% proficient against the district's 52.21%, and 4th-grade science is 72.55% versus Indiana's 43.8%. Loogootee Middle School shines in ELA, with 6th-grade ELA at 63.46% versus the state's 41.3% and 5th-grade math at 67.27% versus 42%. Both schools have stayed 4-star and top-quartile for three years. Attendance is a strength everywhere: chronic absenteeism is 9.8% at elementary, 9.5% at middle and 13.0% at high, all below Indiana's 16.7%.
The clearest concern is at Loogootee High School, which slipped from 4 stars, 73rd percentile in 2024–2025 to 3 stars, 61st percentile in 2025–2026. SAT ERW fell from 57.45% to 43.48% (state 51.9%) and SAT math is 15.22% versus the state's 25.6%. Positives remain: a 93.8% graduation rate versus 89.7% statewide, and biology at 70.45%. Note that middle school math falls from 67.27% in 5th grade to 33.93% in 8th, suggesting a math pipeline issue into high school. The high school also spends the most per student, $13,104 versus $10,013 and $9,905, so spending alone does not explain the test-score pattern.
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