Triton Central Schools

Triton Central Schools is a three-school Indiana district serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade, with 1,414 students split among Triton Central Elementary School (516 students, PK–4), Triton Central Middle School (426 students, grades 5–8), and Triton Central High School (472 students, grades 9–12). The district itself ranks 91st of 374 in Indiana, at the 76th percentile with 4 stars.

Triton Central Elementary School is the clearest academic standout, ranking in the 74th percentile with 4 stars. Its all-grades math proficiency is 68.89%, well above the district's 48.15%, and 3rd grade math reaches 76.67% against the state's 51.9%. ELA is also strong at 57.22%. Science is its weak spot: 35.56%, down 15.93 points from the prior year and below the district's 37.85%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.2%. Triton Central High School graduates 94.5% of students, above the state's 89.7%, and its SAT Math proficiency of 33.04% tops the state's 25.6%. But its rank has swung from the 90th percentile and 5 stars in 2024-25 to the 67th percentile and 3 stars in 2025-26, matching drops in Biology and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing, and it has the highest absenteeism at 18.6%.

Triton Central Middle School shines in 5th grade social studies at 67.01% proficient versus the state's 47.2%, with 5th grade math at 52.58% and 8th grade ELA at 52.25%. Yet its overall math is 38.56%, below the district, and 7th grade math is 28.72% against the state's 35.9%. The elementary-to-middle math gap of 30.33 points is the district's biggest academic concern, joined by science declines at every level. Spending does not track simply with results: the high school spends the most per student at $12,338 but has the highest student-teacher ratio, while the middle school's low ratio of 12.3 accompanies below-district math.