Summary:
ZIP code 47102 is served by a single elementary school, Austin Elementary School, a K–5 campus with 645 students in Scott County School District 1. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there are no in-area peers to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Indiana. Nearly half the student body (49.3%) qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the school spent $9,528 per student in 2023–2024. No student-teacher ratio was reported, so class size cannot be assessed from this data.
Academically, the school sits in the bottom fifth of Indiana's ranking: its district placed 298th of 374 with 1 star, and the school itself ranked in the 19th percentile in 2025–2026. Math is the clearest weakness — All Grades Math proficiency was 18.93%, with 5th grade at just 13.68% against a state figure of 42%. English Language Arts was also below the state at every grade level shown, ranging from 18.68% to 25.53% while state results were 40.8% to 42.2%. Science is the relative bright spot: 32.98% in 2025–2026 and 37.63% in 2024–2025, both above the district, though still under the state's 43.8% in 4th grade. All three core subjects declined year over year (ELA -6.03 points, Math -5.98, Science -4.65).
Attendance is a serious concern: chronic absenteeism was 23.7% in 2024–2025, above the district's 19.3% and well above the state's 16.7% — roughly one in four students. The school's rank trajectory has also slipped, moving from 30th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 19th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. Families should note that the school was above district averages in all core subjects in 2024–2025 but slightly below in ELA and Math in 2025–2026, while staying ahead in Science. Overall, this is a school with real strengths in Science, significant gaps in Math and ELA, and attendance challenges worth watching.
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