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Mississinewa High School

Public Grades 9-12
308th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 415 Indiana High Schools
Better than 26% of Indiana high schools
Summary

Mississinewa High School is a 9–12 school in Gas City, Indiana, serving 760 students as part of the Mississinewa Community School Corp, where 62.2% of students are economically disadvantaged.

The school's standout strength is its graduation rate — 97.7% in 2024-25, which is 8 points above the state average and essentially tied with the top schools in the area, including Oak Hill High School and Eastbrook High School. However, test proficiency tells a different story. Only 38.65% of 11th graders met SAT Reading/Writing standards (state: 51.9%) and just 15.95% met Math standards (state: 25.6%). Biology proficiency is the most glaring gap at 12.64%, roughly one-third the rate of nearby schools. The school is getting students to graduation, but the achievement data suggest many are not reaching grade-level mastery along the way.

Comparing Blackford Junior-Senior High School is revealing: it serves similar demographics with similar per-student spending ($12,333 vs. $12,306), yet posts significantly higher scores across the board. Chronic absenteeism has also become a concern, rising to 20.4% — above both the state average and Mississinewa's own district rate — after previously being better than the state. Spending is not the problem; the data point to how resources are used, particularly in Biology instruction, attendance interventions, and support for the school's largest student groups.

760
Students ?
15.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,306
Per pupil spending ?
62.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1 Indian Trl
       Gas City, IN  46933

(765) 674-2248

District: Mississinewa Community School Corp


Feeder schools for Mississinewa High School:

Elementary:    Northview Elementary School
    Westview Elementary School
Middle:    R J Baskett Middle School
Racial breakdown:

White:
81.8%
Two or more races:
8.0%
Hispanic:
7.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2016 → 26th in 2026
Strengths
✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Indiana average (23% vs 39% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2016
!Evidence-based Reading and Writing scores 13 pts below the Indiana average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg27%
Indiana avg39%
308th of 415
Indiana public high schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 31% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
251st of 374Mississinewa Community School Corp 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
202627.3308 of 41525.8%★☆☆☆☆
202540.4263 of 42938.7%★★☆☆☆
202435.6282 of 43234.7%★★☆☆☆
202336.2266 of 39833.2%★★☆☆☆
202219.0336 of 40917.8%★☆☆☆☆
202127.6298 of 38823.2%★☆☆☆☆
201930.6289 of 38925.7%★☆☆☆☆
201839.9258 of 38533.0%★★☆☆☆
201718.5327 of 38013.9%★☆☆☆☆
201638.6270 of 39431.5%★★☆☆☆
201535.5285 of 40028.8%★☆☆☆☆
201430.1276 of 37927.2%★☆☆☆☆
201334.2231 of 35334.6%★★☆☆☆
201250.2149 of 37360.1%★★★☆☆
201152.0149 of 36459.1%★★★☆☆
201040.5197 of 36245.6%★★☆☆☆
200968.1119 of 36467.3%★★★☆☆
200857.2179 of 36050.3%★★★☆☆
200742.5253 of 35428.5%★☆☆☆☆
200638.9269 of 34922.9%★☆☆☆☆
200541.0252 of 34927.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202623.9306 of 39522.5%★☆☆☆☆
202532.7273 of 38729.5%★★☆☆☆
202424.3305 of 39222.2%★☆☆☆☆
202332.0279 of 38828.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202642.9100 of 19448.5%★★☆☆☆
202583.221 of 18188.4%★★★★☆
202434.3120 of 18434.8%★★☆☆☆
202340.091 of 16645.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202622.1322 of 39017.4%★☆☆☆☆
202528.4288 of 37723.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.5303 of 37719.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.1285 of 37924.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202628.4288 of 39727.5%★☆☆☆☆
202539.3238 of 38638.3%★★☆☆☆
202438.8237 of 39239.5%★★☆☆☆
202337.8247 of 38335.5%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202617.298 of 11212.5%★☆☆☆☆
202537.461 of 11145.0%★★☆☆☆
202438.458 of 10243.1%★★☆☆☆
202325.174 of 10428.8%★★☆☆☆
202216.479 of 9416.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202636.7184 of 29237.0%★★☆☆☆
202548.9133 of 29855.4%★★★☆☆
202420.1257 of 28911.1%★☆☆☆☆
202355.194 of 28567.0%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIndiana percentileRating
202620.3325 of 38716.0%★☆☆☆☆
202524.9301 of 37720.2%★☆☆☆☆
202426.7301 of 38121.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.4277 of 37526.1%★☆☆☆☆
202210.8346 of 3788.5%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2026)48th percentile+23 vs school
Special Education (2026)37th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2026)27th percentile~ school
Female (2026)23rd percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)17th percentile-8 vs school
White (2026)16th percentile-10 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)12th percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?
Evidence-based Reading and Writing39%-13 vs state
Mathematics16%-10 vs state
Biology13%

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Students at Mississinewa High School are 82% White, 8% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 2% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 760 students attended Mississinewa High School.

Mississinewa High School ranks 308th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Mississinewa High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Northview Elementary School
Elementary : Westview Elementary School
Middle : R J Baskett Middle 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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