Summary:
ZIP code 47117 in Elizabeth, Indiana, is served by two public schools in the South Harrison Com Schools district: South Central Elementary (PK–6, 344 students) and South Central Junior & Senior High School (7–12, 260 students), with 604 students combined. The district is rated 96th of 374 Indiana districts, in the 74th percentile with 4 stars, while both schools currently show 3 stars in the 2025–2026 rank history.
The two schools have opposite academic profiles. The high school is a reading and graduation standout: all-grade ELA is 60.23% proficient, above the district’s 51.89%, and its graduation rate is 98.1%, above the state’s 89.7%. But math is a serious concern: all-grade math is 28.41% versus the district’s 45.05%, SAT math is 21.62%, and chronic absenteeism is 20.2%, worse than the district’s 18.9% and state’s 16.7%. The elementary school is stronger in math, at 50% proficient versus the district’s 45.05%, and has much lower absenteeism at 12.3%. However, its all-grade ELA is 43.09%, science is 39.76%, and 5th-grade social studies is 39.13%, all below district and state comparisons. Elementary science also fell from 50.57% to 39.76% year over year.
Resources differ: the high school spends $17,191 per student and has a 13.4 student-teacher ratio, while the elementary spends $12,204 and has a 16.9 ratio. Rank trends show the elementary slipping from the 73rd to the 62nd to the 59th percentile, while the high school moved from the 54th to the 80th to the 66th percentile. For parents, the key takeaways are the high school’s strong ELA/graduation results but secondary math and attendance needs, and the elementary’s math bright spots and strong attendance but weaker ELA, science, and social studies.
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