Summary:
Zip code 47387 in Straughn, Indiana is home to two schools — Tri Elementary School (grades K–5, 358 students) and Tri Junior-Senior High School (grades 6–12, 458 students) — both in the South Henry School Corp district and sharing one campus, together serving 816 students. The district is ranked 273 of 374 in Indiana, at the 27th percentile with 1 star, while both schools currently show 2 stars in 2025–2026.
The two buildings have opposite academic profiles. Tri Elementary School's all-grades ILEARN math proficiency is 44.58%, more than double the high school's 21.28% and 12.38 points above the district's 32.2%; fifth-grade math, at 47.27%, tops the state's 42%. The high school's strengths lie elsewhere: a 100% graduation rate, matching the district and above the state's 89.7%, and 8.2% chronic absenteeism, better than the district's 9.8% and far better than the state's 16.7%. Yet its math and readiness results are the area's biggest concern — seventh-grade math is 8.33% against the state's 35.9%, SAT Math is 14.81% versus 25.6%, and Biology EOC is 21.57%.
Both schools struggle in English language arts: fifth-grade ELA is 14.55% compared with the state's 42.2%, and seventh-grade ELA is 18.33% against 41.7%. Elementary chronic absenteeism, at 12.0%, is above the district's 9.8% but below the state's 16.7%, making attendance a watch item. Spending and staffing do not track simply with results: the high school spends $10,361 per student at a 14:1 ratio, the elementary $9,449 at 15.9:1. Rank history shows movement — the high school rose from 16th percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, while the elementary held 2 stars across 40th, 30th, and 34th percentile. Elementary math is the clearest strength; high-school math, SAT Math, and Biology EOC are the most urgent.
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