Summary:
ZIP code 47520 in Cannelton, Indiana is served by exactly one school — Cannelton Elementary & High School, a PK–12 alternative school with 216 students that is the only reported school in Cannelton City Schools. Because it is the district's sole school, its results are effectively the district's results on every measure where both are reported.
Resources do not appear to be the main constraint: per-student spending is $12,386, the student-teacher ratio is 11.3, and 59.72% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Outcomes, though, trail the state in most areas. Chronic absenteeism is 36.9% versus the state's 16.7% — more than double — and the graduation rate is 81.4% against the state's 89.7%. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 15.07% in ELA, 13.7% in math, and 4% in science. The widest grade-level gaps include 6th grade ELA at 0% versus 41.3%, 6th grade science at 0% versus 41.2%, 3rd grade ELA at 0% versus 40.8%, and SAT EBRW at 11.76% versus 51.9%. Several zeros are exact reported figures, not suppressed data: 3rd grade ELA, 6th grade ELA, 6th grade math, and 11th grade SAT math.
The clearest bright spot is 5th grade ELA, where 40% is only 2.2 points below the state's 42.2% — the closest comparison in the data. Fifth grade social studies also improved sharply, from 9.09% to 30%, though it remains under the state's 47.2%. Science, by contrast, fell from 33.33% to 4% year over year. Note that 8th grade ELA and math school values are not reported in this extract; treat them as suppressed or unknown rather than as zeros.
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