Summary:
ZIP code 47102 covers Austin, Indiana, a small single-campus community where all three public schools sit together at 401 S Highway 31 and belong to Scott County School District 1, which ranks in the bottom quarter of Indiana districts. The three schools are Austin Elementary School (K–5, 645 students), Austin Middle School (6–8, 254 students), and Austin High School (9–12, 429 students). Together they serve about 1,328 students across grades K–12, roughly half of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The clearest bright spots are at the top of the system. Austin High posts a 91.9% graduation rate, above Indiana's 89.7%, and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 14.3% — better than both the state (16.7%) and its own district (19.3%). Austin Middle is the only school improving: its rank rose from the 22nd to the 28th percentile over three years, its math score gained 5.72 points, and its 7th grade shows the narrowest gaps to the state of any grade here — 8.4 points in ELA and 11.2 points in math.
Still, every school carries one star, and the weaknesses outweigh the wins. Math trails state benchmarks at every level, from 3rd grade, which sits 33 points behind, through SAT Math, where only 9.09% of students meet the benchmark against 25.6% statewide. Austin Elementary, the largest school, declined in every tested subject, slipped from the 30th to the 19th percentile, and has the ZIP's highest absenteeism at 23.7%. Middle school 8th graders also dip sharply just before they enter the high school.
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