Summary:
ZIP code 47501 is home to two middle-level schools — Washington Junior High School (grades 7–8, 357 students) and Washington Upper Elementary (grades 5–6, 350 students) — both part of Washington Community Schools, together serving 707 students across the middle grades. The district ranks 226 of 374 in Indiana, at the 40th percentile with a 2-star rating. Because the two schools serve different grade bands, "all grades" comparisons should be read with that in mind.
Washington Junior High School is the stronger academic performer of the pair. In 2025–2026, 24.01% of students were proficient in ELA and 27.83% in Math, versus 19.65% and 22.83% at Upper Elementary. In 2024–2025 it exceeded the district in both subjects (ELA 32.14% vs. 23.99%; Math 29.46% vs. 25.33%). It also has the lower student-teacher ratio (11.5 vs. 16.1), spends more per student ($13,824 vs. $12,181), and has less free/reduced lunch (47.62% vs. 56.86%). Its best result is 7th grade Math at 32.1%, only 3.8 percentage points below the state's 35.9% — the closest any reported grade-level result here comes to the state. But chronic absenteeism is higher (24.3% vs. 19.0%), and its rank slipped to 324 of 486, 33rd percentile, from 44th percentile the prior year.
Washington Upper Elementary stands out for attendance: 19.0% chronic absenteeism, below the district's 23.8% and below Junior High's 24.3%, though still above the state's 16.7%. Academically it trails the district in 2025–2026 ELA (19.65% vs. 21.37%), Math (22.83% vs. 28.45%), and Science (19.05% vs. 23.35%). Every reported 2025–2026 grade-level result at both schools is below the state average, with gaps from 3.8 to 24.58 percentage points. Notably, Upper Elementary serves the higher-poverty population while receiving $1,643 less per student.
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