Summary:
Scottsburg Senior High School is the single high school serving grades 9–12 in Scott County School District 2, a small district in Scottsburg, Indiana, enrolling 678 students with 48.82% eligible for free or reduced lunch and a 14.7 student–teacher ratio.
Academically, the school compares well with the state in some areas and lags in others. Its graduation rate of 92.1% is above Indiana's 89.7%, and SAT Mathematics proficiency has topped the state two years running — 27.85% versus 25.6% in 2025–2026 and 27.06% versus 25.4% in 2024–2025. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing remains below state (48.73% vs. 51.9%, and 50.59% vs. 54.5%), though the gap narrowed slightly. The most striking academic change is Biology, which rose from 33.77% to 47.79% year over year, a gain of 14.02 percentage points; no state comparator is available for the newer Biology score, so it is unclear whether that gap has closed. District and school scores match in every subject reported, which is expected with only one high school.
The clearest concern is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 35.7% in 2024–2025, above the district's 26.0% and more than double the state's 16.7% — a notable tension alongside a strong graduation rate. On the positive side, the school's ranking has climbed steadily, from 197 of 432 in 2023–2024 to 141 of 415 in 2025–2026, moving from the 54th to the 66th percentile while holding a 3-star rating. With $10,799 in per-student spending, the school's overall profile is improving, but reading/writing proficiency and absenteeism are the areas to watch.
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