Summary:
ZIP code 47501 in Washington, Indiana is served by just one high school: Washington High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 827 students in Washington Community Schools. Because there is only one school here, there are no local peers to compare against; the useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and the state of Indiana. The school's profile is mixed — some results are clearly above state averages, while others fall well below.
The strongest result is completion. In 2024–2025, Washington High School's graduation rate was 95.2%, matching its district and running 5.5 percentage points above Indiana's 89.7%. School ranking is also moving in the right direction: the school placed 239th of 415 in 2025–2026 at the 42nd percentile with 2 stars, up from 309th of 429 at the 28th percentile with 1 star the year before. The district itself ranks 226th of 374, at the 40th percentile with 2 stars. That is progress, but a 42nd percentile rank still sits below the middle of ranked Indiana schools.
Attendance and test proficiency are the main challenges. Chronic absenteeism was 35.1% in 2024–2025 — 11.3 points above the district's 23.8% and 18.4 points above the state's 16.7%, more than double the state figure. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was 46.2% in 2025–2026 versus 51.9% statewide, and SAT Math was 21.2% versus 25.6%, though Math improved 6.23 points from 14.97% the prior year. Biology ILEARN jumped from 3.45% in 2024–2025 to 30.56% in 2025–2026, a 27.11-point gain, but it remains below the 2024–2025 state rate of 45.6%, and no current-year state figure is available. For context, per-student spending was $13,313, the student-teacher ratio 17.1, and 43.77% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch.
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