Summary:
There is one middle-level school in Southeast Dubois County School Corp: Cedar Crest Intermediate School, which serves grades 5–6, enrolls 192 students, and is located in Huntingburg. The district is rated highly statewide—rank 42 of 374 districts, 89th percentile, with 4 stars—so this is the only middle school in the area summary to compare within the district. Most comparisons below are therefore to district and state benchmarks.
The school’s most distinctive reported metric is chronic absenteeism: 1.0% in 2024–2025, far below the district’s 3.7% and the state’s 16.7%. On ILEARN 2025–2026, the school is above the state in every grade-level subject shown: ELA 5th grade 57.89% vs. 42.2%; ELA 6th grade 65.52% vs. 41.3%; Math 5th grade 71.58% vs. 42.0%; Math 6th grade 66.67% vs. 40.2%; Science 6th grade 68.97% vs. 41.2%; and Social Studies 5th grade 72.63% vs. 47.2%. All Grades results also exceed the district in ELA (61.54% vs. 56.34%), Math (69.23% vs. 59.59%), and Science (68.97% vs. 58.92%).
Math is a consistent strength, with All Grades proficiency at 70.68% in 2024–2025 and 69.23% in 2025–2026. ELA improved from 54.97% to 61.54% at All Grades, and 5th-grade Social Studies rose from 59.77% to 72.63%. Science remained strong, moving from 67.31% to 68.97%. Context metrics include 34.9% free/reduced lunch, $9,466 per-student spending in 2023–2024, and a 19.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025. With 192 students, year-to-year percentages can shift from small changes in tested students, so these figures are best read alongside the school’s overall pattern of strong outcomes.
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