Summary:
Zip code 47448 in Nashville, Indiana is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle and one high school — all belonging to the Brown County School Corporation, and together they enroll about 1,061 students across grades PK–12.
Brown County Middle School is the standout: it climbed from the 36th to the 65th percentile and from 2 to 3 stars in a single year, with all-grade ELA rising from 29.5 to 46.59 and science from 33.61 to 49.02. Its 6th-grade results beat the state in ELA, math and science, though 7th-grade math and 8th-grade ELA and math trail the state. Van Buren Elementary School moved the other way, slipping from the 61st to the 46th percentile and from 3 stars to 2 stars; its math (45.88) and science (52.63) top the district, but ELA is far lower at 31.76 versus the district's 48.11, and 5th-grade ELA is 25 against the state's 42.2. Brown County High School splits sharply: SAT reading and writing is 53.92, above the state's 51.9, while SAT math is 15.69 against the state's 25.6.
Chronic absenteeism is a shared concern, with all three schools above the state's 16.7%: the high school at 25.2%, the elementary at 21.3% and the middle school at 18.8% — the only one below the district's 19.8%. The high school also posts the lowest graduation rate, 88.1% versus 89.7% statewide. Spending per student is highest at the high school ($14,896) and lowest at the elementary ($12,502), while the middle school has the highest student-teacher ratio at 14.9.
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