Washington Community Schools

Washington Community Schools in Indiana is a six-school district — three elementary, two middle, and one high school, with no alternative schools — serving 2,639 students and ranked 226th of 374 Indiana districts (40th percentile, 2 stars). Enrollment is concentrated in the upper grades: Washington High School is the largest school at 827 students (about 31.3% of the total), while Veale Elementary School is the smallest at just 81 students (about 3.1%).

Veale Elementary School is the district's clear standout: 4 stars, 79th percentile (215 of 1,015), with 2025-2026 ILEARN proficiency of 57.89% ELA, 68.42% Math, and 42.11% Science — far above the district's 21.37% ELA, 28.45% Math, and 23.35% Science. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (12.8%) and lowest free/reduced lunch rate (35.8%), though its small size means percentages can swing. Washington High School shows a split profile: a 95.2% graduation rate (above the state's 89.7%) but the district's highest absenteeism at 35.1%, and SAT proficiency below state in both Evidence-based Reading and Writing (46.2% vs. 51.9%) and Math (21.2% vs. 25.6%). Its rank did improve from the 28th to 42nd percentile, still 2 stars.

The clearest academic weak spots are Washington Intermediate (16th percentile, 1 star, 16.67% ELA, and the district's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 60.26%) and Washington Upper Elementary, which trails district rates in ELA, Math, and Science on the lowest per-student spending ($12,181). Washington Junior High School is moderate and steady at 2 stars and 33rd percentile, with the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.5). Washington Primary serves PK-1, so it has no recent test scores, but its 16.8% absenteeism is essentially at the state's 16.7% and below the Washington Community Schools rate of 23.8%.