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Best High Schools in Zip Code 47374


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Top rankedRichmond High School307th of 429 Indiana high schools
Summary:

Zip code 47374 is home to two high schools: Richmond High School, serving grades 9-12, and Excel Center - Richmond, a public charter high school. Both schools are part of the Richmond Community Schools district, though Excel Center - Richmond operates under its own charter district.

Richmond High School is a larger institution with 1,331 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.4. It spends significantly more per student at $12,487. In contrast, Excel Center - Richmond serves 204 students with a student-teacher ratio of 17.0 and a much lower per-student spending of $4,187. Both schools report identical graduation rates of 88.4% and chronic absenteeism rates of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year. However, academic performance on standardized tests shows a notable difference. Richmond High School's proficiency in SAT Mathematics is 18.44% and in Evidence-based Reading & Writing is 43.26% (2023-2024 data), both below the state average. Excel Center - Richmond shows concerningly low proficiency rates, with 0% in SAT Mathematics and 33.33% in Evidence-based Reading & Writing for the same period.

The data indicates that Richmond High School, while performing below state averages in standardized tests, is a more established school with greater resources. Excel Center - Richmond, despite having similar graduation and absenteeism rates, faces significant challenges in academic proficiency, particularly on the SAT, and operates with considerably less funding per student. The free/reduced lunch rates are comparable, suggesting similar socioeconomic backgrounds for students at both schools.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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