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Austin High School

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Austin High School ranks 298 th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

298^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 429 Indiana High Schools

Better than 31% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Austin High School is a public high school located in Austin, Indiana, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 407 students. The school is part of the Scott County School District 1, which is ranked 284 out of 380 districts in Indiana and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Austin High School has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Indiana high schools, ranking between 301-337 out of 388-431 schools over the past 10 years. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time period, indicating it is among the lowest-performing schools in the state. Its performance on student group metrics is also concerning, with the school ranking in the bottom third of Indiana high schools for female, male, and white student groups, and in the bottom quarter for special education and low socioeconomic status students. Austin High School's four-year graduation rates have fluctuated between 79.2% and 88.4% over the past few years, which is below the state average, and the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 15.0% to 24.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Austin High School to nearby high schools, such as Jennings County High School, it consistently underperforms, with higher statewide ranking, better graduation rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and significantly higher academic proficiency rates across various subjects and grade levels. Austin High School's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments, is well below state and district averages, with only 44.12% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/Biology and just 9.65% proficient in SAT/Mathematics, compared to state averages of 44.12% and 31.14%, respectively.

429

Students ?

47.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,022

Per pupil spending ?

46.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

401 S Hwy 31
Austin, IN 47102

(812) 794-8730

District: Scott County School District 1

Feeder schools for Austin High School:

Elementary:	Austin Elementary School
Middle:	Austin Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

91.6%

Hispanic:

4.4%

Two or more races:

2.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 29th percentile in 2015 → 31st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (29% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 16 pts below the Indiana average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg29%

Indiana avg42%

298^th of 429

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

284^th of 380Scott County School District 1 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	32.7	298 of 429	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	306 of 432	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	305 of 398	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	301 of 409	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.7	337 of 388	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	307 of 389	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	308 of 385	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.7	323 of 380	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.9	312 of 394	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	35.7	283 of 400	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	47.0	177 of 379	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	12.3	328 of 353	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	21.4	331 of 373	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	18.2	320 of 364	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	13.7	337 of 362	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	26.7	315 of 364	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	26.3	313 of 360	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	31.3	295 of 354	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	30.6	297 of 349	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	34.3	284 of 349	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	304 of 387	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.6	314 of 392	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.5	275 of 388	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	285 of 377	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.5	253 of 377	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.6	344 of 379	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	33.1	274 of 386	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.5	256 of 392	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.8	324 of 383	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	246 of 298	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	239 of 285	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	325 of 377	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	321 of 381	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	336 of 375	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	323 of 378	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Male (2025)29th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)21st percentile-9 vs school

Special Education (2025)17th percentile-13 vs school

White (2025)14th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

Biology44%~ state avg

Evidence-based Reading and Writing39%-15 vs state

Mathematics10%-16 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
Austin High School	Public	9-12	401 S Hwy 31	Austin	47102	Scott County	Scott County School District 1	No	No	No	No	(812) 794-8730	429	9	47.6	46.2%	393 (91.6%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.6%)	32.7	298^th of 429 public high schools	30.5%		30	306^th of 432 public high schools	29.2%	8	39.5	9.7											44.1	$12,022	$896	$11,127
Scottsburg Senior High School	Public	9-12	500 S Gardner	Scottsburg	47170	Scott County	Scott County School District 2	No	No	No	No	(812) 752-8927	678	46	14.7	48.8%	613 (90.4%)	4 (0.6%)	43 (6.3%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	52.8	187^th of 429 public high schools	56.4%		50.4	197^th of 432 public high schools	54.4%	10	50.6	27.1											33.8	$10,799	$440	$10,360
Crothersville Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	109 N Preston St	Crothersville	47229	Jackson County	Crothersville Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 793-2051	221	15	15.2	52.5%	205 (92.8%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	42.4	247^th of 429 public high schools	42.4%		18.1	352^nd of 432 public high schools	18.5%	105	60.0	12.0	35.1	23.1	25.7	28.6	29.7	11.5	2.9	15.3	32.4	32.4	25.0	$10,596	$442	$10,154
Henryville Junior & Senior High School	Public	7-12	213 N Ferguson St	Henryville	47126	Clark County	Borden-Henryville School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 294-1455	487	35	14.1	33.1%	461 (94.7%)	6 (1.2%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	41.9	250^th of 429 public high schools	41.7%		50.4	196^th of 432 public high schools	54.6%	54	54.3	14.3		29.8	37.1	33.2		27.9	24.7	26.4			31.9	$12,622	$468	$12,154
Seymour Senior High School	Public	9-12	1350 W 2nd St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-4384	1,729	100	17.3	58.6%	864 (50.0%)	25 (1.4%)	770 (44.5%)	16 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.1%)	34.6	287^th of 429 public high schools	33.1%		37.8	274^th of 432 public high schools	36.6%	13	42.9	14.7											32.1	$10,303	$990	$9,314
Brownstown Central High School	Public	9-12	500 N Elm St	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 358-3453	463	34	13.8	35.2%	433 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	64.2	114^th of 429 public high schools	73.4%		47.1	219^th of 432 public high schools	49.3%	105	61.7	37.5											26.7	$11,732	$385	$11,348
Southwestern High School	Public	9-12	167 S Main Cross St	Hanover	47243	Jefferson County	Southwestern-Jefferson County Con	No	No	No	No	(812) 866-6230	350	26	13.7	53.1%	318 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	42.4	246^th of 429 public high schools	42.7%		42.1	253^rd of 432 public high schools	41.4%	7	53.4	11.4											38.6	$13,707	$107	$13,600
New Washington Middle/High School	Public	6-12	226 N Hwy 62	New Washington	47162	Clark County	Greater Clark County Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 293-3368	331	26	12.5	48.0%	305 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	62.2	125^th of 429 public high schools	70.9%		55	162^nd of 432 public high schools	62.5%	37	56.1	17.1	40.0	50.0	42.5	44.4	36.0	26.9	25.0	29.6	28.0	28.0	64.7	$13,562	$520	$13,041
Salem High School	Public	9-12	700 N Harrison St	Salem	47167	Washington County	Salem Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 883-3904	492	40	12.4	44.1%	453 (92.1%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.8%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	41.5	256^th of 429 public high schools	40.3%		39.8	266^th of 432 public high schools	38.4%	10	44.6	10.7											48.4	$11,439	$557	$10,882
Eastern High School	Public	9-12	1100 N Eastern School RD E-3	Pekin	47165	Washington County	East Washington School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 967-3931	392	30	13.0	29.3%	369 (94.1%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	46.8	220^th of 429 public high schools	48.7%		40.6	260^th of 432 public high schools	39.8%	40	53.7	22.1											27.1	$11,945	$1,115	$10,830

Frequently Asked Questions about Austin High School

What district is Austin High School in?

Scott County School District 1

How many students attend Austin High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 429 students attended Austin High School.

Is Austin High School a good school?

Austin High School ranks 298^th of 429 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Austin High School?

Students at Austin High School are 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Austin High School?

Austin High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Austin Elementary School
Middle : Austin Middle School

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