Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47432

Zip code 47432 (French Lick, Indiana) is served by two public schools in Springs Valley Com School Corp: Springs Valley Elementary School (grades K–5, 432 students) and Springs Valley Community High School (grades 6–12, 445 students), together enrolling 877 students. There is no standalone middle school, because grades 6–8 are housed in the high school building. Both schools serve similar communities — free/reduced lunch is about 51–53% at each — and both have chronic absenteeism above the state's 16.7%: 18.1% at the elementary and 23.9% at the high school. The district is ranked 131st of 374 in Indiana, at the 65th percentile with 3 stars.

Springs Valley Community High School is the standout for improvement, rising from 3 stars to 4 stars and now ranked 75 of 415 Indiana high schools, the top 18% by rank. Its graduation rate is 97.1%, 7.4 points above the state's 89.7%, and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 64.52% versus the state's 51.9%. Biology EOC was 60.94%. Math is the weak spot: ILEARN math is 20.00% overall, with 7th grade at 17.33% and 8th grade at 15.25%, and SAT math is 20.97% versus the state's 25.6%. Notably, elementary 5th grade math is 55.32% but 6th grade math drops to 26.76%, a sharp transition cliff.

Springs Valley Elementary School holds a stable 3-star, 65th-percentile rank (353 of 1,015) and its brightest result is math: 58.75% all grades, far above the district's 36.99%, with 3rd grade math at 73.77% and 5th grade at 55.32%. ELA is also generally above state at 48.13%. Weaker spots are 4th grade math (44.23%), 4th grade science (40.38%, down from 52.27%), and 5th grade social studies (40.43%). Overall, the district's average ranking hides real divergence between a rising high school and a steady elementary, with math in grades 6–8 and absenteeism the biggest concerns.