Summary:
Whitko Community School Corp is an Indiana district serving about 1,103 students across three schools: two PK–5 elementaries, South Whitley Elementary School and Pierceton Elementary School, and one grade 6–12 campus, Whitko Junior/Senior High School. The district, Whitko Community School Corp, ranks 166 out of 374 Indiana districts, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars; note that district ranks and school ranks use different denominators, so they are not directly comparable.
South Whitley Elementary School is the clear standout: 64 of 1015 schools, 94th percentile, 5 stars, up from the 51st percentile two years earlier. Its 2025–26 all-grade proficiency is 67.69% in ELA, 73.08% in math, and 57.89% in science, with 5th grade social studies at 95.83%, 5th grade ELA at 81.25%, and 5th grade math at 79.17%. Pierceton Elementary School is the most improved, rising from the 19th to the 47th percentile (2 stars) and lifting ELA to 43.55% and math to 42.28%, though science (28.21%) and 5th grade math (36.36%) trail the state. Whitko Junior/Senior High School has moved the other way — 53rd to 40th percentile — with ELA at 21.99%, math at 28.45%, and 7th grade ELA at 14.81%.
Attendance divides these schools: chronic absenteeism is 6.5% at South Whitley, 13.6% at Pierceton, and 23.7% at the high school, against 16.3% districtwide and 16.7% statewide. Spending and class size do not track results: the high school has the highest per-student spending ($12,188) and lowest student-teacher ratio (8.5) but the weakest proficiency. South Whitley and the high school have nearly identical FRL rates (45.0% and 44.95%) with very different outcomes. Bright spots include the high school's 93.3% graduation rate (state 89.7%) and 72.58% Biology EOC in 2024–25; low SAT math (11.11%) and the ELA decline remain concerns.
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