Summary:
ZIP code 46068 has one reported high school: Tri Central Middle-High School, a grades 6–12 campus located at 2115 W 500 N in Sharpsville, Indiana. It enrolls 389 students and belongs to the Tri-Central Community Schools district. Because it is the only high school in the area, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make; its results are best understood against its district, the state, and its own prior years. The school reports 44.47% free/reduced lunch participation, $12,892 in per-student spending for 2023–24, and a student-teacher ratio of 12.5.
Attendance and completion are the school's clearest strengths. Its 2024–25 graduation rate was 96.6%, well above the state's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism was 14.9%, below both the district's 15.2% and the state's 16.7%. In 2025–26, 7th grade ELA stood out at 52.38% proficient against 41.7% statewide. In 2024–25, Biology End-of-Course proficiency was 50% versus 45.6% statewide, and SAT Math was 27.59% versus 25.4%, while SAT ERW trailed slightly at 51.72% against 54.5%.
Academic results are uneven and have moved in different directions. In 2025–26, 8th grade Math was 3.92% proficient compared with 34.2% statewide, and 8th grade ELA was 21.57% against 44%. SAT Math fell from 27.59% in 2024–25 to 15.91% in 2025–26, below the state's 25.6%. Meanwhile all-grade ELA rose 10.34 points and all-grade Math rose 3.34 points, while Science fell 4.77 points and Biology End-of-Course fell 8.33 points. Reflecting that mixed picture, the school's rank slipped from 122 of 429, with 4 stars and the 72nd percentile, in 2024–25 to 214 of 415, with 2 stars and the 48th percentile, in 2025–26.
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