Summary:
ZIP code 47348 in Hartford City, Indiana contains a single high school: Blackford Junior-Senior High School, a grades 7–12 building with 651 students that is part of Blackford County Schools. Because it serves both middle and high school grades, its data blends ILEARN results from grades 7–8 with high-school-level Biology End-of-Course and SAT results. The district ranks 134th of 374 in Indiana, in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, and the school has earned 3 stars in each of the two most recent rank-history years after a 2-star year in 2023–2024.
Among the school's clearest strengths are graduation and attendance: a 92.9% graduation rate in 2024–2025, matching the district and 3.2 percentage points above the state's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism of 14.4%, below the state's 16.7% though slightly above the district's 13.0%. Middle-school math is the standout academic result, with grade 7 math proficiency at 48.74% versus the state's 35.9% and grade 8 math at 47.92% versus 34.2%. The school also recovered dramatically in state ranking, moving from 272nd of 432 and the 37th percentile with 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 143rd of 429 and the 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025, then holding 3 stars at 157th of 415 and the 62nd percentile in 2025–2026.
Parents should note the recent SAT reversal: in 2025–2026 SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 50.45% versus the state's 51.9%, and SAT Math is 23.42% versus the state's 25.6%, after both were above state in 2024–2025. Biology End-of-Course proficiency was 37.76% in 2024–2025, 7.84 percentage points below the state's 45.6%, then improved to 43.69% in 2025–2026, when no state comparison is provided. ELA at grades 7 and 8 (41.18% and 41.67%) sits close to but slightly below state levels. With 60.37% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and $12,333 in per-student spending, the above-state graduation and attendance results stand out.
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