Western Boone County Com School District

Schools in Western Boone County Com School District serve about 1,574 students across three schools: two elementary schools covering PK–6 and one junior-senior high school covering grades 7–12, meaning there is no separate middle school and middle-grade results live inside the high school record. The district as a whole is highly rated — rank 35 of 374 Indiana districts, 91st percentile, 5 stars — but that strength is not evenly spread across buildings. Western Boone Junior-Senior High School is the largest school with 756 students, followed by Thorntown Elementary School (429) and Granville Wells Elementary School (389).

Thorntown Elementary School is the standout, earning 5 stars and ranking 94 of 1,015 schools (91st percentile), up from 4 stars and 87th percentile the prior year. Its all-grade proficiency is 66.53% in English language arts and 70.25% in math, both above the district, and its 3rd grade math proficiency of 92.73% far exceeds the state's 51.9%. It also has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.5%, despite the lowest per-student spending ($9,173) and highest student-teacher ratio (18.6). Granville Wells Elementary School is a stable 4-star school at the 86th percentile, with all-grade math at 61.43% and absenteeism of 9.1%.

Western Boone Junior-Senior High School shows mixed results: its graduation rate of 99.1% is well above the state's 89.7%, and grades 7 and 8 are above state in both ELA and math. However, its rank fell to 128 of 415 (69th percentile, 3 stars), and SAT math proficiency is 15.52%, below the state's 25.6% and down sharply from 28.57% the year before. Its chronic absenteeism of 11.4% is the district's highest but still below the state's 16.7%.