Summary:
Richmond Community Schools in Richmond, Indiana has just one high school in this data set: Richmond High School, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,273 students. Because it is the only high school in the district, the high-school experience and outcomes for families in Richmond Community Schools are entirely defined by this one school, so there is nothing to compare it against locally — the meaningful comparisons are against district and state averages.
The strongest result by far is the graduation rate: 98.8% in 2024–2025, above the district's 94.3% and the state's 89.7%. However, chronic absenteeism is a serious concern at 41.9%, well above the district's 33.1% and the state's 16.7% — more than 2.5 times the state rate. More than half of students (55.85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 15.2, and per-student spending was $12,487 in 2023–2024, with no state comparison provided.
Test proficiency is low and mostly declining. In 2025–2026, SAT Reading/Writing proficiency was 35.5% versus the state's 51.9%, and SAT Math was just 11.4% versus 25.6% — roughly 1 in 9 students reaching math proficiency. Both slipped from the prior year (41.84% and 13.27%). Biology improved from 25.67% to 28.09%, but in 2024–2025 it still trailed the state by nearly 20 percentage points, and the 2025–2026 state figure is not provided. The school ranks 316th of 415 Indiana high schools (24th percentile, 1 star), down from 39th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024. In short: strong graduation numbers alongside low proficiency, high absenteeism, and a multi-year ranking decline.
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