Summary:
The 46161 zip code in Indiana is home to two schools: Morristown Elementary School and Morristown Junior-Senior High School, both part of the Shelby Eastern Schools district. While the elementary school's overall performance is more average, the high school stands out as a consistent top performer in the state, ranking in the top half of Indiana high schools with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Morristown Junior-Senior High School boasts a strong 88.4% 4-year graduation rate and impressive test scores, with over 49% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and over 51% in Math on the ILEARN assessments. On the SAT, 54.29% of 11th graders scored proficient or better in Evidence-based Reading and Writing, outperforming the state average. In contrast, Morristown Elementary School has shown some strengths in specific grade levels, such as 38.64% of 3rd graders being proficient or better in ELA and 43.75% of 5th graders being proficient or better in Math, exceeding district and state averages.
The data also reveals differences in resource allocation, with Morristown Junior-Senior High School spending $12,769 per student and having a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.6, compared to Morristown Elementary School's $10,399 per student and 18.5 student-teacher ratio. These factors may contribute to the high school's stronger overall performance, despite the elementary school's pockets of excellence in certain grade levels.
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