Switzerland County Senior High School

Switzerland County Senior High School is a public high school in Vevay, Indiana, serving 459 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Switzerland County School Corp, a district ranked 262 of 374 in Indiana (30th percentile, 2 stars). The school itself ranked 314 of 415 in 2025–2026, placing it in the 24th percentile with 1 star—a slight decline from 2024–2025, when it was at the 30th percentile with 2 stars. Over the past decade its percentile has ranged from 13 to 44, so it has generally been a bottom-half school.

Academics are the biggest concern. In 2025–2026, only 7.08% of students were proficient in SAT Math, far below the state's 25.6%, Rising Sun High School's 15.38%, and Madison Consolidated High School's 26.16%. Reading/EBRW proficiency was 41.59% versus 51.9% statewide, 51.92% at Rising Sun, and 58.72% at Madison. Biology proficiency was 25%, below Rising Sun's 38.3% and Madison's 50%. Despite this, the 2024–2025 graduation rate of 89.4% is close to the state's 89.7% and up from 84.5% the year before—though still behind Rising Sun (98.0%) and Madison (93.0%). Subgroup rankings for low-income students and other groups are generally in the bottom quarter, and special education students' strong 2024–2025 showing did not carry into 2025–2026.

Chronic absenteeism is a real issue, though it is improving: 24.1% in 2024–2025, down from 55.9% in 2020–2021. That is above the state's 16.7% and the district's 16.5%, much worse than Rising Sun's 7.0%, but far better than Madison's 47.2%. Context matters here: Switzerland County has the highest free/reduced lunch rate of the three schools (50.33%), the lowest per-student spending ($11,395), and the highest student-teacher ratio (21.8, up from 17.8 in 2022–2023). Overall, the school trails nearby peers in rank and most test-score measures while showing positive momentum in graduation and attendance.