Summary:
ZIP code 47331 in Fayette County, Indiana is home to seven public schools — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — all part of the Fayette County School Corporation, serving a combined 3,103 students in a largely rural, small-city area where poverty rates are high at every school.
The clearest academic standout is Fayette Central Elementary, which ranks in the 75th percentile with 4 stars and posts the strongest elementary results in English language arts (45.21%), math (65.43%), and science (50.51%) — with chronic absenteeism of just 10.4% despite 71.39% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. At the other end, Frazee Elementary ranks in the 26th percentile with 1 star and the lowest elementary ELA (22.84%) and math (33.95%). Connersville Middle School improved sharply from the 35th to the 67th percentile and now earns 3 stars, while Connersville Senior High School has slipped from the 63rd percentile to the 36th over three years, with a 92.8% graduation rate but SAT math of only 16.67%.
Two patterns stand out for families. First, math is a relative strength in the elementary grades but drops off in middle and high school, where SAT math is especially weak. Second, attendance varies enormously: Grandview Elementary has chronic absenteeism of 50.1%, roughly five times the rates at Everton Elementary (10.2%) and Fayette Central, even though Grandview's math scores are solid. Eastview Elementary has improved but remains below the median. Notably, higher per-student spending does not guarantee stronger results, and high poverty is the norm across all seven schools.
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