Summary:
North Spencer County School Corp serves about 2,166 students across six schools — four elementary schools (PK–6), one middle school (7–8), and one high school (9–12) — in a rural part of southwestern Indiana. It is one of the strongest districts in the state: North Spencer County School Corp ranks 11th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 97th percentile, with 5 stars. In the latest year, four of its six schools earned 5 stars and the other two earned 4 stars.
Nancy Hanks Elementary School is the top elementary performer, ranking 24th of 1,015 elementary schools at the 98th percentile with 5 stars and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 3.2%. Heritage Hills Middle School matches it at the 98th percentile, ranking 12th of 486 middle schools, and its 7th- and 8th-grade ELA and Math results are far above state averages. Lincoln Trail Elementary School is a strong value story: it ranks 82nd of 1,015 at the 92nd percentile with 5 stars despite having the lowest per-student spending in the group at $8,324 and the highest student-teacher ratio at 19.7. Heritage Hills High School ranks 28th of 415 high schools, with a 96.5% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%.
Math stands out as the district's shared strength: Chrisney Elementary School posts the highest elementary Math proficiency at 78.26%, above the district's 67.41%, and Nancy Hanks is close behind at 76.79%. Chrisney is also the school to watch most closely, having slipped from 66th and 5 stars to 141st and 4 stars, with 6th-grade ELA at 30% versus the state's 41.3%. David Turnham Education Center has the highest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 52.17% and lower all-grade proficiency, though it improved to 176th. Chronic absenteeism is below the state's 16.7% at every school, ranging from 3.2% to 9.6%.
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