Southwest School Corporation

Southwest School Corporation is an Indiana district serving about 1,776 students across five schools — two elementary schools (PK–5), two middle schools (6–8), and one high school (9–12) — located in the Sullivan and Carlisle communities, and it is ranked 227 of 374 in the state, at the 39th percentile with 2 stars. Enrollment is heavily concentrated: Sullivan Elementary School alone has 627 students, roughly 35% of the district, while Carlisle Middle School is very small at 80 students, so its percentages can swing widely from year to year. Poverty levels vary, with free/reduced lunch ranging from 49.43% at Sullivan High School to 67.55% at Carlisle Elementary School.

The strongest overall performer is Sullivan High School, ranked 146 of 415 at the 65th percentile with 3 stars, after reaching the 76th percentile with 4 stars the prior year; its 94.1% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7%, and its SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing of 56.76% is above the state's 51.9%, though SAT Math sits at 18.92% versus the state's 25.6%. Sullivan Middle School posts the highest test score in the data, an 88% Biology End of Course result far above the district's 55.08%, and it leads the district in Science. Carlisle Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.5% and 5th-grade ELA and Math above state levels despite the highest poverty rate, while Carlisle Middle School has the best ELA score at 40% All Grades but the weakest Math at 23.53%.

The clearest concern is Sullivan Elementary School: despite the largest enrollment, it ranks at the 21st percentile with 1 star, and its ELA All Grades is 22.19%, with 3rd-grade ELA at 12.5% and 4th-grade ELA at 19%, both far below state levels. Math is the district-wide weak spot, with a 29.69% All Grades proficiency that only Carlisle Elementary and Sullivan Middle exceed. Attendance is a relative strength, since every school has chronic absenteeism below the state's 16.7%. Rank trends diverge — Sullivan High improved sharply before easing, Sullivan Middle and Sullivan Elementary have declined, and the Carlisle schools have been comparatively stable.