Summary:
ZIP code 47394 covers Winchester, Indiana, where four public schools serve about 1,250 students within a single district, Randolph Central School Corp: O R Baker Elementary School (PK–2), Willard Elementary School (3–5), Lee L Driver Middle School (6–8), and Winchester Community High School (9–12). There are no alternative schools, and together they form one clear grade pipeline from preschool through high school.
Two schools stand out. Willard Elementary School has by far the best attendance — chronic absenteeism of only 6.1%, compared with 16.0% for the district and 16.7% for the state — even though it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (55.17%) and the highest student-teacher ratio (13.6). Its all-grades math was above the district in both years, and 5th-grade Social Studies (48.78%) exceeded the state's 47.2%. Meanwhile, Winchester Community High School posts a 95.5% graduation rate, above the state's 89.7%, and its rating rose from 1 star to 2 stars; SAT Math improved from 8.91% to 19.1% but still trails the state's 25.6%.
Elsewhere, results are more mixed. Lee L Driver Middle School improved in ELA and science and now ranks 266 of 486 (45th percentile), but math fell from 33.33% to 29.47%, and every reported grade-level test is below state averages. Willard's grade-level ELA and math scores also mostly sit below the state. Attendance is the most uneven measure: the high school (21.6%) and O R Baker Elementary School (20.6%) are both above district and state rates, while O R Baker has no test scores or rank because it serves PK–2. Per-student spending ranges from $8,968 at O R Baker to $14,003 at the high school, but spending does not track simply with outcomes.
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