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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47042

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At a glance

Schools

1,100

Students

Districts

Top rankedSouth Ripley Junior High School67^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

South Ripley Elementary School up 59 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 47042 covers Versailles, Indiana, where three public schools serve about 1,100 students in grades PK–12 through the South Ripley Com School Corp: South Ripley Elementary School (PK–6, 581 students), South Ripley Junior High School (7–8, 161 students), and South Ripley High School (9–12, 358 students). The district is rated 4 stars, ranked 45 of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 88th percentile.

The elementary and junior high schools are the district's strongest performers. South Ripley Elementary School ranks 154 of 1,015 schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) and posts chronic absenteeism of just 4.6%, far below the district's 8.5% and the state's 16.7%. Its grade-level proficiency beats the state in every reported subject, including 3rd-grade math at 77.78% vs 51.9% statewide. South Ripley Junior High School is the highest-ranked school locally at 67 of 486 (86th percentile, 4 stars), with ELA All Grades rising from 49.66% to 60.43% and 7th-grade ELA at 62.5% vs the state's 41.7%. It also has the smallest classes (student-teacher ratio 10.3) and the highest per-student spending ($15,418).

South Ripley High School is improving, climbing from 2 stars/36th percentile in 2023–24 to 3 stars/67th percentile in 2025–26, with a 96.4% graduation rate well above the state's 89.7%. Its weakness is math: SAT Math is 19.44% vs the state's 25.6%, and chronic absenteeism is the group's highest at 14.2%. Across the district, math gets weaker at higher grade levels while elementary and junior high outcomes stay above state averages.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Ripley High School	Public	9-12	1589 S Benham Rd	Versailles	47042	Ripley County	South Ripley Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 689-5303	358	22	16.6	46.6%	342 (95.5%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	58.4	138^th of 415 public high schools	66.7%		55.2	169^th of 429 public high schools	60.6%	31	48.6	19.4																			59.5	$14,562	$720	$13,842
South Ripley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1568 S Benham Rd	Versailles	47042	Ripley County	South Ripley Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 689-5383	581	38	15.2	53.0%	552 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.8%)	82.6	154^th of 1015 public elementary schools	84.8%		76.7	213^th of 1005 public elementary schools	78.8%	59			50.0	46.3	63.5	71.3			58.0	77.8	72.5	57.1	44.8			62.6	56.3	52.9	54.5	69.8		$11,642	$922	$10,720
South Ripley Junior High School	Public	7-8	1589 S Benham Rd	Versailles	47042	Ripley County	South Ripley Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 689-0909	161	16	10.3	57.8%	155 (96.3%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	83.4	67^th of 486 public middle schools	86.2%		82.4	69^th of 480 public middle schools	85.6%	2							62.5	58.2	60.4					43.1	41.8	42.5						$15,418	$409	$15,008
Southeastern Career Center	Public	6-12	901 West US 50	Versailles	47042	Ripley County	Southeastern Career Center	No	No	No	No	(812) 689-5253	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 47042

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Versailles	0.56 mi	4	101^st
Osgood	5.37 mi	2	252^nd
Milan	7.95 mi	4	280^th
Dillsboro	10.9 mi	1	88^th
Canaan	14.21 mi	1	375^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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