Summary:
Zip code 46161 covers Morristown, Indiana, and is served by Shelby Eastern Schools, which runs 2 public schools: Morristown Elementary School for grades PK–5 (338 students) and Morristown Junior-Senior High School for grades 6–12 (333 students). The district is ranked 188 of 374 in Indiana, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars — an average that hides a real split between the two schools.
Morristown Junior-Senior High School is the standout: 111 of 415 schools, 73rd percentile, 4 stars. Its rank history shows a rebound from 219 of 429 and 2 stars in 2024–25. It beats the district in all-grade ELA (34.67% vs 32.54%), math (46.00% vs 39.97%), and science (44.19% vs 42.94%), with especially strong results in 6th-grade math (60.47%) and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (63.04%). But it is not uniformly strong: 7th- and 8th-grade ELA fall below district and state, 8th-grade math is below the state, and the graduation rate is 87.8% — below the district’s 90.8% and the state’s 89.7%.
Morristown Elementary School is currently the lower-ranked school: 637 of 1,015, 37th percentile, 2 stars, with math and science below district averages. Bright spots include 3rd-grade math (55.32%, above district and state) and excellent attendance. Attendance is a genuine district-wide strength: chronic absenteeism is 8.0% at the elementary and 8.9% at the junior-senior high, versus a district rate of 8.1% and a state rate of 16.7%. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar (44.38% vs 41.74%), so the achievement gap is not explained by very different economic profiles. The main areas to watch are upper-elementary math and ELA, middle-school ELA, 8th-grade math, and the high school’s graduation rate.
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