Summary:
ZIP code 47429 covers Ellettsville, Indiana, and has three schools serving about 1,970 students: Edgewood High School (grades 9–12, 777 students), Edgewood Junior High School (grades 6–8, 627 students), and Seven Oaks Classical School, a K–12 school coded as "alternative" with 566 students. The two Edgewood schools belong to the Richland-Bean Blossom C S C district, ranked 101st of 374 Indiana districts (73rd percentile, 4 stars), while Seven Oaks Classical School is its own district.
Seven Oaks posts the strongest test results: 85.71% proficient in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing and 67.86% in SAT Math, versus 60.67% and 23.03% at Edgewood High, and state rates of 51.9% and 25.6%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (10.8%), lowest free/reduced lunch rate (20.14%), lowest student-teacher ratio (11:1), and lowest per-student spending ($8,753 versus $12,957 at Edgewood High). The surprise: Seven Oaks' graduation rate is 73.9%, well below Edgewood High's 95.6% and the state's 89.7%. Edgewood High graduates students at a high rate, but its SAT Math is slightly below the state, its Biology End-of-Course results fell from 40.93% to 29.89%, and its rank slipped to 3 stars in 2025–2026 after two 4-star years.
Edgewood Junior High has been steady for three years (68th–69th percentile, 3 stars), with all-grade math rising from 37.42% to 42.05% and science from 41.95% to 46.77%. Seven Oaks leads all-grade ILEARN math (58.53%) and science (65.71%), but its advantage shrinks by grade: Edgewood Junior High edges ahead in 6th grade math (47.76% vs 46.30%) and 8th grade math (42.93% vs 33.33%), while Seven Oaks is far stronger in elementary grades, such as 84.31% in 4th grade math. Families comparing these schools should weigh test performance, graduation, attendance, and cost together.
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