Summary:
West Central School Corp is a small, single-town district in Francesville, Indiana, operating just three schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — that together cover kindergarten through 12th grade and enroll 627 students.
Because each school serves a distinct stage of the pipeline, comparing them is straightforward. West Central Middle School, with only 89 students in grades 7–8, is the district's strongest performer: it ranks in the 58th percentile with 3 stars, the only school above the state midpoint, and its 8th grade math proficiency of 44.44% runs about 10 points above the state. The largest school, West Central Elementary School (335 students, K–6), ranks in the 31st percentile with 2 stars, yet has the district's best attendance — 13.9% chronic absenteeism, below the district's 16.2% and the state's 16.7%. West Central Senior High School (203 students, grades 9–12) has slid from the 83rd to the 44th percentile in three years and now holds 2 stars, but it also posts a 100% graduation rate against a state rate of 89.7%.
Two patterns matter district-wide. First, English/language arts is slipping at every level at once: elementary ELA fell 4.6 points, middle ELA 7.8 points, and high school SAT reading and writing 12.9 points in a single year. Second, math moves differently — middle school math rose 8.4 points and elementary math 3.8 points, while SAT math stays low at 18.37%. Attendance also weakens as students move up, with both secondary schools above the state's chronic absenteeism rate, and the high school spends the most per student ($15,273) while losing the most ground. Overall, the district ranks 219th of 374 Indiana districts.
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