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Pike County School Corp

At a glance

231^stof 374 Indiana districts▼ 10

Better than 38% of Indiana districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

211 South 12th St
Petersburg, IN 47567·(812) 354-8731·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 38.2% of districts

Schools

1,561

Students

Top rankedWinslow Elementary School544^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Pike Central High School up 26 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Pike County School Corp is a rural Indiana district serving about 1,561 students across four schools — two elementary schools (PK–5), one middle school (6–8), and one high school (9–12) — and it ranks 231st of 374 Indiana districts, in the 38th percentile with 2 stars. Enrollment is roughly 460 at Petersburg Elementary School, 450 at Pike Central High School, 383 at Pike Central Middle School, and 268 at Winslow Elementary School.

Winslow Elementary School is the district's clearest bright spot. It has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.3% (better than the district's 19.4% and the state's 16.7%), the highest all-grade math proficiency at 46.9%, the strongest elementary English/language arts result at 33.63%, and the only recent 3-star rating in the district — a 52nd-percentile showing in 2024–25 — even though it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 58.96%. Petersburg Elementary School counters with the highest ILEARN figure in the data set, 56.34% in 5th-grade social studies, well above the district's 53.7% and the state's 47.2%, though its 3rd-grade ELA is 22.08% against the state's 40.8%. Pike Central Middle School holds the steadiest rankings, averaging about the 45th percentile, but its 6th-grade ELA is 20.97% versus the state's 41.3%.

The main district-wide concern is attendance, since the middle school (22.6%) and Pike Central High School (25.4%) both sit above the state's 16.7%. The high school graduates 92.7% of students, above the state's 89.7%, and its SAT results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but reading/writing (43%) and math (17%) remain below state levels, and Biology fell from 41.23% to 30.97%. All four schools currently hold 2 stars, and spending does not track neatly with results — the high school spends the most per student at $13,916 while Petersburg spends the least at $11,399.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pike Central Middle School	Public	6-8	1814 E Sr 56	Petersburg	47567	Pike County	Pike County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 354-8478	383	30	12.9	53.5%	364 (95.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	43.8	273^rd of 486 public middle schools	43.8%		48.6	248^th of 480 public middle schools	48.3%	25						21.0	36.3	26.2	28.1				35.5	31.9	28.0	32.0		39.5	39.5					$12,265	$294	$11,971
Petersburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1415 E Alford St	Petersburg	47567	Pike County	Pike County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 354-6876	460	37	12.4	53.3%	433 (94.1%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	42.6	598^th of 1015 public elementary schools	41.1%		45.7	566^th of 1005 public elementary schools	43.7%	32			22.1	30.2	34.3				28.5	48.1	37.7	35.2				40.8	39.6		39.6	56.3		95.9%		$11,399	$660	$10,739
Pike Central High School	Public	9-12	1810 E Sr 56	Petersburg	47567	Pike County	Pike County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 354-8478	450	41	11.1	42.7%	427 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	36.2	274^th of 415 public high schools	34.0%		32.3	300^th of 429 public high schools	30.1%	26	43.0	17.0																			31.0			$13,916	$187	$13,730
Winslow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 E Porter St	Winslow	47598	Pike County	Pike County School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 789-2209	268	24	11.1	59.0%	258 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	48.1	544^th of 1015 public elementary schools	46.4%		52.3	480^th of 1005 public elementary schools	52.2%	64			38.7	35.6	27.0				33.6	41.9	51.1	46.0				46.9	37.8		37.8	48.7		96.7%		$13,807	$681	$13,126

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Otwell Miller Academy	8.2 mi	1	247^th
East Gibson School Corporation	9.17 mi	4	212^th
Washington Community Schools	11.82 mi	6	226^th
Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools	13.38 mi	5	46^th
Warrick County School Corp	16.23 mi	19	26^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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