Summary:
ZIP code 47342 has just one public high school: Wes-Del Middle/Senior High School in Gaston, Indiana, which serves grades 6–12 and enrolls 435 students as part of Wes-Del Community Schools. Because it is the only high school in the area, local families have a single public option, and it is also the only tested school at most grade levels, so district figures for those grades generally mirror the school's own results.
The school's clearest strength is getting students to graduation: its 2024–25 graduation rate was 98.0%, equal to the district and 8.3 percentage points above Indiana's 89.7%. Its state rank also rebounded in 2025–26, moving from 222 of 429 (48th percentile, 2 stars) to 171 of 415 (59th percentile, 3 stars) — a 51-place and 11-percentile-point improvement. Science is a relative bright spot, with All Grades proficiency at 39.34% in 2025–26 versus the district's 36.64%, and Biology End-of-Course scores jumping from 38.33% to 56.25%.
Math is the biggest academic concern. In 2025–26, All Grades math was 24.40% — well below the district's 38.92% — and declined from 28.50% the prior year; gaps to the state were roughly 9 points in 6th grade, 15 in 7th, and 12 in 8th, while SAT Math was 20.45% versus the state's 25.6%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing also fell sharply, from 45.76% to 36.36%, about 15.5 points below the state. Sixth-grade ELA was 21.31%, nearly 20 points under the state's 41.3%, though 7th and 8th grade ELA were closer. Chronic absenteeism, at 21.7%, is higher than both the district's 18.0% and the state's 16.7%. For context, 57.7% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, spending is $13,656 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.5.
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