Summary:
Zip code 46071 in Thorntown, Indiana has 2 public schools, both part of the Western Boone County Com School District: Thorntown Elementary School (PK–6, 429 students) and Western Boone Junior-Senior High School (7–12, 756 students), for a combined 1,185 students. The area summary lists 1 elementary, 0 middle, 1 high, and 0 alternative schools, though the "high" school is really a junior-senior high serving grades 7–12, so grades 7–8 sit there rather than in a separate middle school. The district is highly rated overall at 35th of 374 Indiana districts, 91st percentile, 5 stars.
Thorntown Elementary School is the standout. It ranks 94th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (91st percentile, 5 stars), up from 142/1,011 in 2023–2024 and 134/1,005 in 2024–2025, moving from 4 to 5 stars. Proficiency is 66.53% in ELA, 70.25% in math, and 60.68% in science, all above district figures of 60.69%, 59.17%, and 59.73%. Early grades are exceptional: 3rd-grade ELA is 85.45% vs. state 40.8%, and 3rd-grade math is 92.73% vs. state 51.9%. Chronic absenteeism is only 4.5%, versus district 9.0% and state 16.7%. Notably, it achieves this spending $9,173 per student, compared with $11,132 at the junior-senior high — about $1,959, or 21.4%, more per student.
Western Boone Junior-Senior High School has real strengths and one clear weakness. Its graduation rate is 99.1%, equal to the district and far above the state's 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 57.76% and Biology 58.02%, and 7th- and 8th-grade ELA and math all exceed state results. But its rank slipped to 128/415 (69th percentile, 3 stars) from 53/429 (88th percentile, 4 stars). Math is the concern: all-grades ILEARN math is 46.34% vs. district 59.17%, and SAT math is 15.52% vs. state 25.6%, down from 28.57%. Chronic absenteeism is 11.4%, above the district's 9.0% but below the state's 16.7%.
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