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Shelbyville Central Schools

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At a glance

206^thof 374 Indiana districts▲ 5

Better than 44% of Indiana districts

Elementary 3 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

1121 E State Road 44
Shelbyville, IN 46176·(317) 392-2505·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 44.9% of districts

Schools

3,861

Students

Top rankedCoulston Elementary School452^nd of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Coulston Elementary School up 222 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Coulston Elementary School 12.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Shelbyville Central Schools is a five-school Indiana district serving K-12 students: three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with 3,566 students enrolled across all five. The district ranks 206 of 374 and sits at the 45th percentile with 2 stars, but that single label hides wide variation between buildings — individual schools range from 1 star to 3 stars. Enrollment concentrates at the secondary level, with Shelbyville Senior High School at 1,068 students and Shelbyville Middle School at 886, while the three elementaries — William F Loper Elementary School (619), Thomas A Hendricks Elementary School (565), and Coulston Elementary School (428) — together hold about 45% of the district's students.

Coulston Elementary School is the district's clear academic standout and its only 3-star school, ranking 452 of 1,015 elementaries (55th percentile) and leading the district in ELA (40.91%) and math (52.53%), with especially strong 3rd- and 4th-grade math. It also improved sharply, climbing from the 33rd to the 55th percentile in one year. William F Loper Elementary School posts the district's best attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 9.0% against the district's 14.1% and the state's 16.7%, plus strong math (44.84%), science (43.70%), and 5th-grade social studies (49.07%) — achieved on the district's lowest per-student spending ($10,822).

Thomas A Hendricks Elementary School is the clearest case for support: it ranks 715 of 1,015 (30th percentile), holds 1 star, and has slipped from 620 to 653 to 715 over three years. Its science proficiency of 21.69% trails the district's 36.72% and the state's 43.8%, and its ELA and math also sit below district levels. At Shelbyville Senior High School, graduation is a strength at 97.3% versus the state's 89.7%, and SAT results are near or slightly above state, but chronic absenteeism is the district's highest at 19.0%. Shelbyville Middle School shows a striking Biology EOC result of 81.48%, likely reflecting a small advanced cohort rather than the whole school, while its general ELA and math results are mixed and weaken in grades 7 and 8.

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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)	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Coulston Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 Knightstown Rd	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-3185	428	35	12.4	57.5%	279 (65.2%)	7 (1.6%)	101 (23.6%)	15 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	55.3	452^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	55.5%		35.1	674^th of 1005 public elementary schools	32.9%	222			41.4	43.3	38.2				40.9	57.1	60.0	41.2				52.5	38.3		38.3	38.2		$14,094	$1,618	$12,476
Shelbyville Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 W McKay Rd	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 392-2551	886	51	17.4	51.7%	634 (71.6%)	18 (2.0%)	182 (20.5%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.5%)	47.6	249^th of 486 public middle schools	48.8%		56	204^th of 480 public middle schools	57.5%	45						36.2	33.6	30.9	33.5				42.8	28.4	25.9	32.3		37.9	37.9		81.5	$11,602	$421	$11,181
Shelbyville Senior High School	Public	9-12	2003 S Miller St	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 398-9731	1,068	60	17.8	44.1%	758 (71.0%)	24 (2.2%)	221 (20.7%)	14 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.4%)	46.6	211^th of 415 public high schools	49.2%		52.8	186^th of 429 public high schools	56.6%	25	52.1	26.0																			26.5	$11,753	$506	$11,247
Thomas A Hendricks Elementary School	Public	K-5	1111 St Joseph St	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-7432	565	40	14.3	52.2%	444 (78.6%)	7 (1.2%)	82 (14.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.1%)	30.3	715^th of 1015 public elementary schools	29.6%		37	653^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	35.0%	62			22.1	27.7	35.4				28.0	37.9	32.5	39.2				36.6	21.7		21.7	36.7		$11,630	$1,226	$10,404
William F Loper Elementary School	Public	K-5	901 Loper Dr	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-9725	619	41	15.2	47.2%	480 (77.5%)	12 (1.9%)	72 (11.6%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.6%)	49	534^th of 1015 public elementary schools	47.4%		48.9	531^st of 1005 public elementary schools	47.2%	3			33.9	42.0	26.9				34.5	46.4	47.1	40.7				44.8	43.7		43.7	49.1		$10,822	$874	$9,948
Golden Bear Preschool	Public	PK	1115 E State Road 44	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 392-2449	295	17	17.1	34.2%	231 (78.3%)	10 (3.4%)	42 (14.2%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)								(n/a)																						$9,627	$467	$9,160

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Excel Center - Shelbyville	1.07 mi	1
Blue River Career Programs	2.15 mi	1
Shelby Eastern Schools	7.66 mi	4	188^th
Southwestern Con School Shelby County	7.85 mi	2	90^th
Triton Central Schools	8.03 mi	3	91^st

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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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