Summary:
ZIP code 47371 in Portland, Indiana contains exactly one high school, Jay County Junior/Senior High School, a combined grades 7–12 building serving 1,207 students in the Jay School Corporation.
This school is on a clear upward path. Its state accountability rank has improved three years running, rising from the 51st percentile in 2023-24 to the 57th and then the 64th percentile in 2025-26 — a 13-point climb that moved it into Indiana's top third. Graduation sits at 93.7%, about 4 points above the state's 89.7%. Its standout academic result is 7th grade math at 43.06% proficient, more than 7 points above the state average, and All-Grades ELA jumped 7.3 points in a single year. However, the school trails its own district in both All-Grades ELA (34.46% vs. 39.8%) and math (35.73% vs. 43.01%).
Two specific problem areas stand out. First, 8th grade ELA is 28.02% proficient against a state average of 44% — nearly 16 points below the state, the largest negative gap in the data — even though 7th grade ELA is essentially at the state line. That sharp difference between adjacent grades in one building suggests the difficulty is concentrated in the middle-school transition rather than across the whole school. Second, chronic absenteeism is 29.6%, far above the district's 19.0% and the state's 16.7% — roughly 3 in 10 students. SAT results also lag the state in both reading/writing and math, and are not improving like the other tests. Notably, class sizes (14.2:1) and per-student spending ($11,443) suggest the school is not under-resourced, making attendance and 8th grade reading the most actionable places for families and staff to focus.
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