Summary:
ZIP code 47170 in Scott County, Indiana contains exactly one public high school — Scottsburg Senior High School — which serves grades 9–12 with 678 students and belongs to Scott County School District 2. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no local peer schools to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are how it performs against the district, the state of Indiana, and its own past results.
The school's trajectory is on the upswing. Its statewide rank improved from 197th of 432 schools in 2023–2024 to 187th of 429 in 2024–2025, and then to 141st of 415 in 2025–2026 — moving from the 54th to the 66th percentile while holding a steady 3-star rating. The district sits at the 67th percentile, so the school and district are closely aligned. Graduation is a clear strength: 92.1% of students graduated in 2024–2025, matching the district and beating Indiana's 89.7%. SAT Math proficiency was also above the state average in both reported years (27.85% vs. 25.6% statewide in 2025–2026, and 27.06% vs. 25.4% the year before).
The biggest concern is chronic absenteeism. At 35.7% in 2024–2025, more than one in three students were chronically absent — well above the district's 26.0% and more than double Indiana's 16.7%. Reading and writing is another weaker spot: SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing came in at 48.73% in 2025–2026 versus 51.9% statewide, and 50.59% versus 54.5% the prior year. Biology ILEARN results jumped sharply from 33.77% to 47.79%, though no state figure was provided for the newer year. About 48.82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending was $10,799 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.7.
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