Summary:
Zip code 46071 is home to one high school, Western Boone Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 7-12. This public high school is part of the highly-rated Western Boone County Com School District, which ranks in the top 6% of Indiana districts.
Western Boone Junior-Senior High School has a student enrollment of 774 and a student-teacher ratio of 15.7, which is favorable and suggests students may receive more individualized attention. The school demonstrates strong academic performance in certain areas, notably outperforming the state average in Biology and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing. The school's graduation rate is 88.4%, and it has a spending per student of $11,132, which is above the national average for public schools. However, there are opportunities for improvement in mathematics proficiency, with scores below both district and state averages in some categories. The chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8%, which is a metric to monitor for student engagement.
The school's overall statewide ranking is consistently in the top 25% of Indiana high schools, reflecting a stable performance. The Western Boone County Com School District's excellent reputation, including a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicates that the district as a whole is performing exceptionally well, with Western Boone Junior-Senior High School contributing to this strong standing. While the school performs well compared to the state, some of its "all grades" proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are lower than the district averages, suggesting other schools within the district may be performing at a higher level in these broader categories.
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