Summary:
ZIP code 47129 in Clarksville, Indiana contains 7 schools serving 8,067 students in grades PK–12 across three districts — Clarksville Community School Corp, Greater Clark County Schools, and Excel Center - Clarksville — with enrollment heavily concentrated in one large virtual school. Indiana Gateway Digital Academy alone enrolls 5,318 students, or 65.9% of all students in the ZIP, while the other six schools together serve 2,749 students. That single school strongly shapes how the district's average scores look.
The academic bright spots are the traditional Clarksville schools. Clarksville Middle School earned 3 stars and ranks at the 50th percentile, the best rank in the ZIP, with all-grade ILEARN proficiency of 43.26% in ELA, 30.57% in math, and 22.12% in science; its 5th-grade ELA (51.89%) and 8th-grade ELA (50.46%) both beat the state. Clarksville Elementary School has the highest all-grade math (49.52%) and science (43.82%) proficiency in the area and improved from the 31st percentile to the 49th percentile. Clarksville Senior High School stands out for its 95.5% graduation rate, above the state's 89.7%.
Challenges are shared across the ZIP. Chronic absenteeism is above the state's 16.7% at every school, ranging from 19.7% at Clarksville Elementary to 96.9% at Excel Center - Clarksville, which also has the lowest graduation rate at 29.1%. Indiana Gateway Alternative School reports 66.8% chronic absenteeism and a 53.3% graduation rate. SAT math is below the state's 25.6% at every high school, with two schools at 0%. Parkwood Elementary School has the highest poverty rate (80.75%) and highest spending ($11,265) but remains around the 19th–20th percentile. Families should compare schools individually, since district averages are pulled down by the virtual and alternative populations.
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