Summary:
ZIP code 47229 is home to a single elementary school: Crothersville Elementary School, a PK–5 school with 230 students in Crothersville, Indiana, serving as the elementary campus of Crothersville Community Schools. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local peers to compare against; the useful reference points are the district, the state, and the school's own results over time.
The school's academic picture is mixed and varies a lot by grade. Third grade is the clear bright spot: 61.9% of students were proficient in math versus Indiana's 51.9%, and 42.86% were proficient in ELA versus the state's 40.8%. Those advantages disappear in the upper grades, where gaps are large — 4th grade math was 22.73% versus the state's 52%, 5th grade math 16.28% versus 42%, and 5th grade social studies 23.26% versus 47.2%. Science is the biggest concern: all-grade science fell from 26.19% proficient in 2024–25 to 13.64% in 2025–26, and 4th grade science was 13.64% against a state figure of 43.8%. On the positive side, all-grade ELA rose from 25% to 30.23% and math from 22.92% to 29.07% year over year, and both were above district averages for 2025–26. Statewide, however, the school remains rated 1 star, ranking 767th of 1,015 schools at the 24th percentile.
Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was 14.8%, better than the district's 22.1% and the state's 16.7%. Other context: 46.52% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $10,763, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.8. With only 230 students, grade-level percentages can swing widely from small changes in the number of proficient students, so families should weigh multi-year trends over any single year. The most actionable priorities appear to be 4th- and 5th-grade math and ELA, 4th-grade science, and 5th-grade social studies, while protecting the early-grade math gains and strong attendance. Note that the state did not provide all-grade state figures for ELA, math, and science.
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