Summary:
ZIP code 47273 is home to just one public school — Scipio Elementary School, an elementary serving grades K–6 with 252 students in Scipio, Indiana, part of Jennings County School Corporation. Because it is the only school in the area, there are no nearby public peers to compare it with, so this school's own results are the whole picture.
The good news is that the picture is largely a bright one. Scipio Elementary has climbed steadily in statewide rankings: from 463rd of 1,011 schools (54th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24, to 374th of 1,005 (63rd percentile) in 2024–25, and to 298th of 1,015 (71st percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26. Math is its clearest strength — 65.79% of all students were proficient in 2025–26, well above the district's 42.27%, with Grade 5 math reaching 86.67%. Attendance is strong too: chronic absenteeism was 11.6%, below the district's 18.6% and the state's 16.7%. All of this comes even though 60.71% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the school outperforms its district in most subjects — notable, since the district itself ranks 172nd of 374 statewide.
Areas to watch are in the upper grades. Sixth-grade English/language arts came in at 31.91%, just under the district's 32.12% and below the state's 41.3%, while sixth-grade science was 25.53%, below both district and state. Overall science slipped from 50% in 2024–25 to 39.29% in 2025–26, even as math rose from 51.01% to 65.79%. Fourth-grade science (56.76%) and fifth-grade social studies (50%, up from 25.53%) were highlights. Note that per-student spending ($14,079), student-teacher ratio (13.7), and lunch data cover only one year each.
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