Summary:
Nettle Creek School Corporation is a small Indiana district serving about 1,172 students across just two schools that together cover grades PK–12 in the Hagerstown area: Hagerstown Elementary School (PK–6, 621 students) and Hagerstown Junior-Senior High School (7–12, 551 students). At the district level, Nettle Creek School Corporation ranks 114th out of 374 Indiana districts — the 70th percentile, with 4 stars.
The two schools show very different profiles. Hagerstown Junior-Senior High School shines in reading and graduation: a 100.0% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, ELA of 60.44% for all grades versus the district's 46.84%, 7th-grade ELA at 66.28% against the state's 41.7%, and SAT Reading/Writing at 66.23% versus the state's 51.9%. Its weak spots are math and attendance — all-grade math of 37.16% trails the district's 42.74%, SAT Math is 18.18% against the state's 25.6%, and chronic absenteeism is 17.9%, above both the district's 14.3% and the state's 16.7%. Its rank has also slid from the 78th percentile/4 stars in 2023–24 to 44th percentile/2 stars (233 of 415) in 2025–26.
Hagerstown Elementary School shows the opposite pattern in core subjects. Attendance is a strength at 11.2% chronic absenteeism, better than the state's 16.7%, and science is a clear bright spot: 4th-grade science at 69.23% versus the state's 43.8%, and 6th-grade science at 50.62% versus 41.2%. Math for all grades, 46.23%, beats the district's 42.74%. ELA is the concern — 38.36% for all grades is below the district, with 5th-grade ELA at 35.9% and 6th-grade ELA at 33.33%, both under state averages. The elementary holds a 3-star, 62nd-percentile rank (387 of 1,015).
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