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Kokomo High School

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Kokomo High School ranks 319 th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

319^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 429 Indiana High Schools

Better than 26% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Kokomo High School is a public high school located in Kokomo, Indiana, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,472 students. The school is part of the Kokomo School Corporation district, which is ranked 273 out of 380 districts in Indiana and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kokomo High School consistently ranks in the bottom third of Indiana high schools, with below-average academic performance on standardized tests and the SAT. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 84.4% and 90.8% in recent years, which is below the state average. Additionally, Kokomo High School has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 17.8% to 36.8% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. The school's student population has a relatively low socioeconomic status, with 53.4% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.

Comparisons to nearby high-performing schools, such as Tipton High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School, which are all ranked in the top half of Indiana high schools, highlight the significant room for improvement at Kokomo High School. Even the Kokomo Virtual Academy, which is part of the same district, outperforms Kokomo High School on several metrics, including SAT scores and graduation rates.

1,393

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,322

Per pupil spending ?

52%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2501 S Berkley
Kokomo, IN 46902

(765) 455-8040

District: Kokomo School Corporation

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.3%

African American:

18.9%

Two or more races:

13.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (24% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 17% Indiana)

!Biology scores 29 pts below the Indiana average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg25%

Indiana avg42%

319^th of 429

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Kokomo School Corporation

273^rd of 380Kokomo School Corporation among Indiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	319 of 429	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	303 of 432	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.8	295 of 398	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.3	296 of 409	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	325 of 388	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	337 of 389	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	345 of 385	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.1	330 of 380	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.0	325 of 394	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.1	343 of 400	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	7.5	352 of 379	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	17.3	318 of 353	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	15.7	341 of 373	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	21.6	315 of 364	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	21.9	311 of 362	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	37.7	283 of 364	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	37.0	278 of 360	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	31.7	294 of 354	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	35.2	284 of 349	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	46.4	226 of 349	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	109 of 132	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	101 of 132	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.1	59 of 125	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	28.2	87 of 125	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	23.6	34 of 44	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	57.8	23 of 47	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.8	29 of 44	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	61.2	29 of 119	75.6%	★★★★☆
2024	92.0	4 of 94	95.7%	★★★★★
2023	59.5	19 of 74	74.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	320 of 387	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	292 of 392	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.1	287 of 388	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	154 of 181	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	50.8	68 of 184	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.1	75 of 166	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.4	131 of 164	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	300 of 377	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	310 of 377	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	287 of 379	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	300 of 386	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	290 of 392	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	293 of 383	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	34.7	66 of 111	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	12.8	95 of 102	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	75 of 104	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	67 of 94	28.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	225 of 298	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	259 of 289	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.7	164 of 285	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	306 of 377	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	288 of 381	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	286 of 375	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	263 of 378	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)76th percentile+50 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)41st percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)19th percentile-7 vs school

African American (2025)17th percentile-8 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)15th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-based Reading and Writing41%-14 vs state

Biology17%-29 vs state

Mathematics13%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kokomo High School	Public	9-12	2501 S Berkley	Kokomo	46902	Howard County	Kokomo School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 455-8040	1,393	107	13.0	52.0%	771 (55.3%)	263 (18.9%)	138 (9.9%)	38 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	182 (13.1%)	26.6	319^th of 429 public high schools	25.6%		30.9	303^rd of 432 public high schools	29.9%	16	40.7	12.5											16.9	$14,322	$2,044	$12,278
Kokomo Area Career Center	Public	6-12	2415 S Berkley Rd	Kokomo	46902	Howard County	Kokomo School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 455-8021	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Kokomo Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	2501 S. Berkley Rd.	Kokomo	46902	Howard County	Kokomo School Corporation	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(765) 455-8000	199	4	56.8	49.7%	117 (58.8%)	36 (18.1%)	15 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (15.6%)	11.6	381^st of 429 public high schools	11.2%		34.5	287^th of 432 public high schools	33.6%	94	23.1	3.9												$4,639	$830	$3,809
Excel Center - Kokomo	Public, Charter	9-12	101 W Superior St	Kokomo	46901	Howard County	Excel Center - Kokomo	Yes	No	No	No	(317) 524-3642	392	11	35.6	63.3%	262 (66.8%)	43 (11.0%)	34 (8.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.0%)	17.9	353^rd of 429 public high schools	17.7%		7.6	403^rd of 432 public high schools	6.7%	50	32.6	4.7												$4,401	$224	$4,178
Western High School	Public	9-12	2600 S 600 W	Russiaville	46902	Howard County	Western School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 883-5541	804	52	15.5	27.5%	678 (84.3%)	29 (3.6%)	42 (5.2%)	20 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.2%)	74.4	64^th of 429 public high schools	85.1%		79.7	48^th of 432 public high schools	88.9%	16	61.9	33.5											53.9	$9,932	$168	$9,764
Northwestern Senior High School	Public	9-12	3431 N 400 W	Kokomo	46901	Howard County	Northwestern School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 454-2332	541	39	13.8	24.6%	488 (90.2%)	10 (1.8%)	20 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.1%)	79.8	44^th of 429 public high schools	89.7%		88.6	21^st of 432 public high schools	95.1%	23	74.2	34.7											53.2	$11,296	$103	$11,193
Taylor High School	Public	9-12	3794 E Cr 300 S	Kokomo	46902	Howard County	Taylor Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 453-1101	343	22	15.7	50.1%	227 (66.2%)	33 (9.6%)	25 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (16.3%)	47.8	217^th of 429 public high schools	49.4%		28.4	312^th of 432 public high schools	27.8%	95	49.3	20.6											39.5	$11,803	$582	$11,221
Tri Central Middle-High School	Public	6-12	2115 W 500 N	Sharpsville	46068	Tipton County	Tri-Central Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 963-2560	389	31	12.5	44.5%	333 (85.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	62.7	122^nd of 429 public high schools	71.6%		56.8	156^th of 432 public high schools	63.9%	34	51.7	27.6	32.8	17.3	27.5	26.4	29.7	11.5	9.8	18.0	37.5	37.5	50.0	$12,892	$446	$12,446
Lewis Cass Polytechnic Academy	Public	6-12	401 South Maple Street	Galveston	46932	Cass County	Lewis Cass Schools	No	No	No	No	(574) 626-3000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)														$00
Eastern High School	Public	9-12	421 S Harrison St	Greentown	46936	Howard County	Eastern Howard School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 628-3333	497	28	17.5	32.0%	447 (89.9%)	9 (1.8%)	21 (4.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	62.1	126^th of 429 public high schools	70.6%		67.5	88^th of 432 public high schools	79.6%	38	53.5	21.6											57.3	$11,711	$173	$11,538

Frequently Asked Questions about Kokomo High School

What district is Kokomo High School in?

Kokomo School Corporation

How many students attend Kokomo High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,393 students attended Kokomo High School.

Is Kokomo High School a good school?

Kokomo High School ranks 319^th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Kokomo High School?

Students at Kokomo High School are 55% White, 19% African American, 13% Two or more races, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

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