Summary:
ZIP code 47122 (Georgetown, Indiana) has just one middle school: Highland Hills Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 and enrolls about 1,676 students — roughly 420 per grade — within the New Albany-Floyd County Con School district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, the useful comparison is against its own district and the state of Indiana, and by that measure the school stands out clearly.
Highland Hills ranks 26th out of 486 Indiana middle schools (95th percentile) with 5 stars in 2025–2026, the top 5% of middle schools statewide. It has earned 5 stars three years running, with its rank improving each year (40 → 30 → 26) and its percentile rising from 92 to 95. That is well above its own district, which sits at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars. Academically, the school beat the district in all 13 reported subject-and-grade comparisons and beat the state in all 11 grade-level comparisons. In 2025–2026, 5th grade social studies reached 75.06% proficiency, 5th grade ELA 69.40%, and 6th grade math 65.94%, with the smallest advantage over the state still about +15 points. ELA rose from 60.64% to 64.56% and science from 56.19% to 61.07% year over year, while math was essentially flat (59.18% to 58.76%) — a plateau at a high level, not a decline.
A few patterns are worth noting. Math proficiency slips as grade level rises, from 63.59% in 5th grade to 49.39% in 8th grade — the only figure in the data below 50% — though 8th graders still outperform the district and state by a comfortable margin. Social studies jumped sharply, but the district and state rose at the same time, so that shift likely reflects a test change rather than purely instructional gains; the more meaningful signal is the widening margin over the state. Finally, chronic absenteeism is 7.4%, less than half the district (16.3%) and state (16.7%) rates, and 19.09% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending is $10,091 with an 18.1 student–teacher ratio.
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