Summary:
Zip code 47170 covers Scottsburg, Indiana, where five public schools — three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serve a combined 2,337 students, all within Scott County School District 2. That district ranks 123 of 374 in Indiana, placing it in the 67th percentile with 3 stars, but that single rating hides wide differences between individual buildings. The high school is measured mainly by SAT and Biology End-of-Course exams, while the elementary and middle schools use ILEARN grade-level tests, so comparisons are strongest within the same exam type.
Johnson Elementary School is the clear standout: 4 stars, 266 of 1,015 elementary schools (74th percentile), with 52.73% ELA and 61.47% math proficiency — well above the district's 38.01% and 41.9%. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.2) and highest spending ($12,886) in the zip, despite 65.3% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Vienna-Finley Elementary School has the only chronic absenteeism rate below the state's 16.7%, at 13.9%, and leads elementary science at 49.15%, but it slipped to 2 stars and 46th percentile. Scottsburg Senior High School is improving, rising from the 54th to the 66th percentile over three years, with a 92.1% graduation rate and SAT math above the state.
Attendance is the district's biggest shared challenge: the district rate is 26.0% versus the state's 16.7%, and four of five schools exceed the state, led by the high school at 35.7%. Scottsburg Middle School declined from the 67th to the 50th percentile, with grade-level ELA at 29.15% (6th), 28.65% (7th), and 36.84% (8th). Scottsburg Elementary School dropped to 2 stars and has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (70.18%) and student-teacher ratio (17.9).
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