Summary:
ZIP code 47460 in Spencer, Indiana contains just one high school: Owen Valley Community High School, which serves grades 9–12 with 628 students and belongs to Spencer-Owen Community Schools. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no same-ZIP peers to compare it against; the useful comparisons are against its own district, the state of Indiana, and its own results over time. The district is rated 163rd of 374 districts in Indiana, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars, while the high school's latest school-level ranking is 254th of 415, at the 39th percentile with 2 stars.
The school's clearest strengths are completion and attendance. Its graduation rate was 98.5% in 2024–25, equal to the district and 8.8 percentage points above the state's 89.7%. Chronic absenteeism was 14.1%, lower than both the district's 16.5% and the state's 16.7% — a sign students are showing up. The student-teacher ratio was 12.1:1 in 2024–25, and about 45.86% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in that year.
Academic proficiency is the weaker area. In 2025–26, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency was 41.43% versus 51.9% statewide, and SAT Mathematics was 17.86% versus 25.6% statewide — fewer than one in five students proficient in math. Biology ILEARN End-of-Course was 38.04% in 2025–26, up from 30.82% in 2024–25, though no state figure is provided for the newer year. SAT ERW also fell sharply from 50.98% to 41.43% year over year. The school's rank has slipped each year, from 198th of 432 (54th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24 to 254th of 415 (39th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26.
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