Summary:
ZIP code 46787 (South Whitley, Indiana) contains exactly one high school option: Whitko Junior/Senior High School, a combined junior/senior high school serving grades 6–12 with 505 students as part of Whitko Community School Corp, a district ranked 166 of 374 (56th percentile, 3 stars).
Whitko's record is genuinely mixed, with clear strengths and clear weak spots. On the positive side, its 93.3% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7% by 3.6 percentage points, and Biology End-of-Course results hit 72.58% in 2024–25, well above the state's 45.6%. Science All Grades (37.97%) sits only 2.41 points below the district (40.38%), far closer than reading or math, and the 8.5 student-teacher ratio is low. The concerns are sharper: chronic absenteeism is 23.7%, above the district's 16.3% and the state's 16.7%. SAT Math is 11.11% versus the state's 25.6%, and 7th grade ELA is 14.81% against the state's 41.7%.
Year-over-year trends mostly raise questions. School rank slipped from 204 of 432 (53rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24 to 233 of 429 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–25 and 249 of 415 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26. ILEARN ELA All Grades fell from 32.28% to 21.99% while the district's rose from 34.31% to 39.39%. Biology EOC dropped from 72.58% to 51.28%. Math proficiency held roughly flat (28.03% to 28.45%), and SAT scores improved modestly in both ERW (39.73% to 44.44%) and Math (6.85% to 11.11%), though both remain below state averages. Per-student spending is $12,188, with 44.95% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch.
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