Summary:
South Gibson School Corporation is a four-school Indiana district serving about 2,118 students across one high school, Gibson Southern High School (grades 9–12, 742 students), and three K–8 elementary schools — Fort Branch Community School (577), Haubstadt Community School (403), and Owensville Community School (396). The district ranks 39th of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 90th percentile with 4 stars, and every school earned at least 4 stars in 2025–2026.
Gibson Southern High School is the standout, with 5 stars, a rank of 39th of 415 (91st percentile), a 95.9% graduation rate versus Indiana's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism of just 5.4% against the state's 16.7%. Its SAT results are far above state: 70.56% proficient in Evidence-based Reading and Writing versus 51.9%, and 45.0% in Mathematics versus 25.6% — a sharp rise from 31.52% the prior year. Haubstadt Community School is the math leader, with All Grades Math at 70.75% (district 59.73%), 7th grade math at 77.14% and 8th grade math at 77.97% (state 35.9% and 34.2%). It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (3.9%) and lowest free/reduced lunch rate (14.64%) in the corporation.
Fort Branch Community School is the largest elementary and balanced across subjects, with ELA at 54.45% and science at 53.54%, both slightly above district averages, and 6th and 7th grade ELA at 58.62% and 61.84%. Its absenteeism of 7.9% is the highest in the district but still well below the state. Owensville Community School is the most improved, moving from 333rd of 1,011 to 270th of 1,015 and from 3 stars to 4 stars, with 5th grade social studies climbing from 33.33% to 62.79%. It has the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.9) and highest per-student spending ($14,633), but also the highest free/reduced lunch rate (43.69%), below-district ELA and math, and a 6th grade ELA weak spot at 25% versus the state's 41.3%.
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