Summary:
In ZIP code 47441, there is exactly one public high school — Linton-Stockton High School — serving grades 9–12 with 377 students in Linton, Indiana, within the Linton-Stockton School Corporation. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was a standout 98.7%, identical to the district and 9.0 percentage points above Indiana’s 89.7% state rate. That means nearly all students completed high school, even as other measures show challenges.
Academically, test proficiency is below state averages in every reported comparison. In 2025–2026, 11.11% of 11th graders were proficient in SAT Math versus 25.6% statewide, 40% were proficient in SAT EBRW versus 51.9%, and Biology was 34.53%. In 2024–2025, SAT Math was 7.53% versus 25.4%, SAT EBRW was 37.63% versus 54.5%, and Biology was 33.04% versus 45.6%. There are signs of improvement: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose in Biology (+1.49 points), SAT EBRW (+2.37 points), and SAT Math (+3.58 points), and SAT gaps to state narrowed. Chronic absenteeism was 20.3% in 2024–2025, higher than the district’s 11.9% and the state’s 16.7%, meaning about 1 in 5 students were chronically absent.
The school’s statewide rank has dropped: it was at the 52nd percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024, then the 25th percentile (1 star) in 2024–2025 and the 29th percentile (1 star) in 2025–2026. This contrasts with the district’s overall 3-star, 68th-percentile rating. Context includes 42.97% free/reduced lunch, $11,804 per-student spending in 2023–2024, and a 16.1 student-teacher ratio. Test scores are identical to the district’s for every reported exam, consistent with this being the only high school in the district; no test score was suppressed or reported as a bound. Overall, families see a strong graduation rate but low proficiency, elevated absenteeism, and a recent rank decline.
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