Summary:
ZIP code 47529 in Elnora, Indiana, contains 2 public schools — North Daviess Elementary School (grades K–6, 621 students) and North Daviess Junior-Senior High School (grades 7–12, 464 students) — both part of the North Daviess Com Schools district, which ranks 122 of 374 in Indiana at the 67th percentile with 3 stars. Together the two schools enroll 1,085 students. There is no standalone middle school; grades 7–8 are housed in the junior-senior high building.
North Daviess Elementary School is the stronger and improving performer. Its state rank rose from 392/1011 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 306/1015 (70th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a gain of 86 positions and a jump to 4 stars. Its 2025–2026 proficiency was 52.06% in ELA, 41.76% in math, and 62.13% in science, all above or equal to district results, and it beat the state in every tested ELA grade and in science. Chronic absenteeism was just 7.5%, well under the state's 16.7%. The one clear weakness is 5th-grade math at 19.51% versus the state's 42%, even as 3rd-grade math reached 66.29% versus the state's 51.9%.
North Daviess Junior-Senior High School has real strengths — a 97.1% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing above state in both years — but its rank slipped from 85/432 (80th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 170/415 (59th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Math is the consistent concern: 25.87% all grades versus the district's 37.06%, 7th grade 27.4% versus 35.9%, 8th grade 24.29% versus 34.2%, and SAT Math 19.3% versus 25.6%. Its absenteeism of 13.2% is below state but above the district's 9.9%, and it spends more per student ($13,922 versus $11,345) with a smaller student-teacher ratio (12.7 versus 13.6). For families, the elementary is the standout; strengthening math — especially 5th grade and the junior-senior high — is the area's biggest priority.
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