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Martinsville High School

Public Grades 9-12
187th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 415 Indiana High Schools
Better than 55% of Indiana high schools
Summary

Martinsville High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Martinsville, Indiana, a small city south of Indianapolis, with 1,284 students in MSD Martinsville Schools. It is ranked 187 of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026 (55th percentile, 3 stars), noticeably above its own district's ranking of 199 of 374, and it has rebounded from a low point in 2023–2024, when it sat at the 30th percentile.

Among nearby high schools, Martinsville lands in the middle. It outranks Mooresville High School, Brown County High School, Monrovia High School, and Eminence Junior-Senior High School, runs close to Indian Creek Senior High School and Edgewood High School, and trails higher-ranked schools such as Plainfield High School, Center Grove High School, and Bloomington High School North. Its relative academic strength is Biology at 45.87%, around the prior year's state mark, while SAT reading/writing (48.52%) and SAT Math (20.33%) both sit below the state's 51.9% and 25.6%. The graduation rate of 92.2% is above the state's 89.7% but below most nearby schools, including Mooresville's 98.8%.

The clearest gap is chronic absenteeism at 27.8% — above the district's 18.9% and the state's 16.7%, and higher than every nearby school except Eminence. About 43.69% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending was $11,388 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio of 12.4 is favorable compared with many neighbors. Subgroup results improved sharply in 2024–2025, including the 75th percentile for low-income students and the 67th percentile for special education students, then moderated in 2025–2026 to the 56th and 46th percentiles.

1,284
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,388
Per pupil spending ?
43.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 1360 E Gray St
       Martinsville, IN  46151

(765) 342-5571

District: MSD Martinsville Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.8%
Hispanic:
3.5%
Two or more races:
3.0%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 30th percentile in 2024 → 55th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 55th (2026) from a 30th-percentile low (2024)
✓Above the Indiana median (55th percentile)
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 17% Indiana)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school39%
District avg39%
Indiana avg39%
187th of 415
Indiana public high schools ?
Top 45%▼ down 9 pts since 2016
From top 36% (2016) to top 45% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
199th of 374MSD Martinsville Schools 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202651.5187 of 41554.9%★★★☆☆
202557.1160 of 42962.7%★★★☆☆
202431.3301 of 43230.3%★★☆☆☆
202342.8224 of 39843.7%★★☆☆☆
202259.1165 of 40959.7%★★★☆☆
202143.7218 of 38843.8%★★☆☆☆
201949.9188 of 38951.7%★★★☆☆
201846.3231 of 38540.0%★★☆☆☆
201751.8175 of 38053.9%★★★☆☆
201658.9142 of 39464.0%★★★☆☆
201563.094 of 40076.5%★★★★☆
201457.5113 of 37970.2%★★★★☆
201361.973 of 35379.3%★★★★☆
201273.037 of 37390.1%★★★★★
201170.044 of 36487.9%★★★★☆
201062.868 of 36281.2%★★★★☆
200961.3167 of 36454.1%★★★☆☆
200857.1180 of 36050.0%★★★☆☆
200748.1228 of 35435.6%★★☆☆☆
200652.3202 of 34942.1%★★☆☆☆
200544.3236 of 34932.4%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202649.6189 of 39552.2%★★★☆☆
202543.1225 of 38741.9%★★☆☆☆
202426.4299 of 39223.7%★☆☆☆☆
202343.4207 of 38846.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202650.7170 of 39056.4%★★★☆☆
202563.493 of 37775.3%★★★★☆
202424.5304 of 37719.4%★☆☆☆☆
202337.6243 of 37935.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202649.6178 of 39755.2%★★★☆☆
202561.9111 of 38671.2%★★★★☆
202430.1280 of 39228.6%★☆☆☆☆
202339.9233 of 38339.2%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202623.784 of 11225.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202642.2158 of 29245.9%★★☆☆☆
202556.098 of 29867.1%★★★☆☆
202425.9219 of 28924.2%★☆☆☆☆
202349.7118 of 28558.6%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202640.0230 of 38740.6%★★☆☆☆
202545.3187 of 37750.4%★★★☆☆
202419.5320 of 38116.0%★☆☆☆☆
202333.0255 of 37532.0%★★☆☆☆
202246.9200 of 37847.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)56th percentile~ school
Male (2026)55th percentile~ school
Female (2026)52nd percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2026)46th percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)41st percentile-14 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)25th percentile-30 vs school
By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?
Evidence-based Reading and Writing49%-3 vs state
Biology46%
Mathematics20%-5 vs state

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Students at Martinsville High School are 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

Martinsville High School ranks 187th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,284 students attended Martinsville High School.

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Latest Indiana data All new data »
2025–26 ILEARN & SAT test scoresSep 25, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 5, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataSep 4, 2025
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJul 16, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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