Summary:
ZIP code 46071 covers Thorntown, Indiana, and contains just one public high school — Western Boone Junior-Senior High School, a combined junior-senior building serving grades 7–12 with 756 students as part of the Western Boone County Com School District. Because it is the district's only secondary school, there is no in-town peer comparison to make; the meaningful benchmarks are the school's own district and the state of Indiana.
Outcomes are the strongest part of the picture. The graduation rate is 99.1%, identical to the district and nearly 10 points above Indiana's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism is 11.4% — well below the state's 16.7%, though above the district's 9.0%. In reading and writing, 11th graders beat the state (57.76% vs. 51.9%), and 7th-grade ELA proficiency of 62.02% runs more than 20 points above the state's 41.7%. Seventh-grade math (55.04% vs. 35.9%) is also strong. The weaknesses are concentrated: SAT math proficiency is 15.52%, about 10 points under the state (25.6%) and down from 28.57% a year earlier; 8th-grade math (36.75%) sits barely above the state's 34.2%; and all-grades math (46.34%) trails the district's 59.17% by roughly 13 points — the largest gap in the data.
Statewide, the school ranked 128th of 415 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, a step down from 53rd of 429 (88th percentile, 4 stars) the prior year, even as the district earned a 5-star, 35th-of-374 rating. For context, 35.45% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $11,132, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. Note that with only grades 7 and 8 tested, year-to-year swings may reflect cohort differences rather than pure trend.
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