Summary:
ZIP code 47040 is served by exactly one high school: Rising Sun High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 235 students in Rising Sun, Indiana, operating within the Rising Sun-Ohio County Com district. Because there is only one school here, parents have a single option to evaluate, and its profile is genuinely mixed — strong on completion and attendance, weaker in mathematics. The district itself is ranked 186 of 374 statewide, placing it at the 50th percentile with 3 stars.
Rising Sun High School's clearest strengths are graduation and attendance. Its 98.0% graduation rate in 2024–2025 sits 8.3 percentage points above the state's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism of 7.0% is less than half the state's 16.7% and 5.5 points below the district's 12.5% — signs of strong follow-through and engagement. Reading and writing proficiency is near or above state level: SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was 58.18% in 2024–2025 (3.68 points above the state's 54.5%) and 51.92% in 2025–2026, essentially equal to the state's 51.9%. Biology also jumped sharply, from 18.75% to 38.3% year over year, though it remains 12.47 points below the district's 50.77%.
Mathematics is the standout concern. SAT Math proficiency was 15.38% in 2025–2026 and 12.73% in 2024–2025 — roughly 10 to 13 points below the state each year — and the district matches the school exactly, suggesting a district-wide pattern rather than a school-specific one. The school's own ranking moved from 270 of 429 (37th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 218 of 415 (47th percentile) in 2025–2026, an improvement that lands just under the median and close to its 2023–2024 mark of 49. It holds 2 stars in each recent year versus the district's 3. With only 235 students, year-to-year swings in percentages should be read cautiously.
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