Summary:
Zip code 47432, which includes French Lick, Indiana, has exactly one high school—Springs Valley Community High School—serving grades 6–12 in Springs Valley Com School Corp, with 445 students. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP, there are no direct local peer comparisons, so families should look at its own trends and outcomes. The school mixes middle-school ILEARN results with high-school Biology End-of-Course, SAT, graduation, and absenteeism data.
On the positive side, the school is improving. Its statewide rank rose from 177th of 432 schools in 2023–2024 to 95th of 429 in 2024–2025 and 75th of 415 in 2025–2026, moving from 3 stars to 4 stars and placing in the top 18% of Indiana high schools in 2025–2026. The district ranks 131st of 374 with 3 stars. The graduation rate is 97.1% for 2024–2025, well above the state’s 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 64.52% proficient versus 51.9% statewide, and Biology End-of-Course is 60.94% in 2025–2026, up from 59.15% in 2024–2025; in 2024–2025, the state Biology rate was 45.6%.
Math is the clearest concern. ILEARN Math for all grades is 20.00% proficient versus 36.99% in the district, and grade-level math is below state at every tested grade: 6th grade 26.76 vs 40.2, 7th grade 17.33 vs 35.9, and 8th grade 15.25 vs 34.2. SAT Math is also below state at 20.97% vs 25.6%. Middle-school ELA is below state as well: 6th grade 25.35 vs 41.3, 7th grade 28.00 vs 41.7, and 8th grade 31.03 vs 44.0. Chronic absenteeism is 23.9% for 2024–2025, above the district’s 21.0% and the state’s 16.7%. About 51.24% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $12,197 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.8 in 2024–2025. Overall, high-school reading and biology are strengths, while middle-school proficiency and math need attention.
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