Summary:
South Vermillion Com School Corp is a four-school Indiana district — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serving about 1,548 students in the South Vermillion area, and it ranks 167th of 374 districts statewide (55th percentile) with a 3-star rating. That district-wide average, however, hides very different realities at each school, so parents should look school by school rather than rely on the district rating alone.
At the elementary level, Van Duyn Elementary School is the strongest performer: 3 stars and 61st percentile in 2025-2026 (down from 4 stars and 72nd percentile the year before), with math at 57.55%, science at 46.94%, the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 6.3%, and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 52.07%. By contrast, Central Elementary School is the lowest-ranked school in the district (31st percentile, 2 stars) and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 74.59%. Its ELA proficiency of 16.28% is far below the district's 33.14%, yet its math (46.51%) is above the district and its absenteeism (9.1%) is low — the weakness is concentrated in reading, not across the board. South Vermillion Middle School has real momentum, climbing from the 31st to the 53rd percentile over three years and earning 3 stars, with strong 5th grade math (55.24%) and social studies (58.1%), though 6th grade ELA (27.78%) lags the state.
South Vermillion High School made the biggest jump, rising from 2 stars and the 37th percentile to 3 stars and the 67th percentile. Its graduation rate (91.1%) and SAT reading/writing (60.92%) beat the state, but SAT math (18.39%) falls well short of the state's 25.6%, and chronic absenteeism (25.2%) is roughly double the district rate. Notably, the high school has the highest per-student spending ($12,631) and smallest classes (9.4 students per teacher) without solving those issues.
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