Best High Schools in Zip Code 47358

ZIP code 47358 contains three high schools — all located in Modoc, Indiana, and all part of Union School Corporation — serving grades 7–12 (and 9–12 at the alternative school) with a combined enrollment of 5,535 students. Two are large online programs: Indiana Digital Junior and High School (4,166 students) and Indiana Digital Alternative School (1,238 students), which together make up about 97.6% of the listed enrollment. The third, Union Junior & High School, is a small traditional school with 131 students, roughly 2.4% of the total.

Union Junior & High School is the relative standout locally: a 100.0% graduation rate in 2024–2025 (versus 62.3% for the district and 89.7% statewide), the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 22.9%, the strongest SAT and ILEARN results in most subjects, a student-teacher ratio of 3.2, and the highest per-student spending at $17,471. Even so, it ranks only 323rd of 415 schools, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star, down from the 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024.

The digital schools show lower outcomes and likely pull down district figures. Indiana Digital Junior and High School graduates 84.5% of students, has 27.6% chronic absenteeism, a 34.3 student-teacher ratio, and the lowest spending at $7,327. Indiana Digital Alternative School, an alternative program, has a 41.5% graduation rate and 55.2% chronic absenteeism, ranking 396th of 415 at the 5th percentile with 0 stars. All three sit in the bottom quartile of Indiana high schools, and all are above the state’s 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, with SAT math results far below the state’s 25.6%.