Summary:
ZIP code 47465 in Switz City, Indiana is home to a single public high school, White River Valley High School, which serves grades 9–12 with 208 students and belongs to the White River Valley School District. Because it is the only high school in the area, there is no cross-school comparison to make — everything families need to know comes from this one school's profile. It is a small school serving a community where about 49.52% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and its test scores match the district's in every reported subject and year.
The academic picture is mixed. Graduation is the clearest strength at 90.9% in 2024–2025, slightly above the state's 89.7%. Biology was strong in 2024–2025 at 52.63% proficient versus the state's 45.6%, but fell to 25.49% in 2025–2026. SAT results raise the most concern: Math proficiency was 12% in both reported years, far below the state's roughly 25.5%, and Evidence-based Reading and Writing dropped from 48% to 40% while the state sat at 54.5% and 51.9%. The school's ranking also slipped from 218 of 429 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025 to 304 of 415 (27th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, after sitting at the 42nd percentile the year before.
On resources, the school spends $16,311 per student and has a student-teacher ratio of 10.1, both relatively favorable figures based on the data provided, though no state benchmarks are given. Chronic absenteeism, at 17.5%, is above both the district's 15.1% and the state's 16.7% — a notable concern alongside the graduation rate. With only 208 students, year-to-year swings in scores and rankings can be amplified by small cohort sizes, mobility, or assessment participation, so the multi-year trends matter more than any single year's result.
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