Schools in Zip Code 47532

ZIP 47532 is home to three public schools — two elementaries and one junior-senior high — serving roughly 1,123 students across two southern Indiana districts, with Nancy Hanks Elementary School (PK–6) in North Spencer County School Corp and both Ferdinand Elementary School (PK–4) and Forest Park Junior-Senior High School (grades 7–12, so it also covers middle grades) in Southeast Dubois County School Corp. There is no standalone middle school.

Nancy Hanks Elementary School is the clear academic standout: 24th of 1,015 Indiana elementaries, 98th percentile, 5 stars, with all-grade proficiency of 72.32% in ELA, 76.79% in math, and 69.49% in science. In the most direct comparison — overlapping grades 3–4 with Ferdinand Elementary School — Nancy Hanks leads in every reported subject, including 3rd ELA 77.78% vs 37.04% and 4th science 80.77% vs 56%. Notably, it posts the strongest results in the ZIP despite the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (32.77%) and largest student-teacher ratio (18.9).

Ferdinand Elementary School has a split profile: math is strong at 70.19%, 10.60 points above its district, while ELA is 48.08%, below district, and 3rd-grade ELA of 37.04% is the ZIP’s clearest weakness. Its rank fell from 91st to 222nd of 1,015 (78th percentile, 4 stars). Forest Park Junior-Senior High School (36th of 415, 91st percentile, 5 stars) excels in completion and reading — 98.1% graduation vs 89.7% statewide, SAT reading 75.64% vs 51.9%, and 6.4% chronic absenteeism — but all-grade math of 45.19% trails its district’s 59.59%. All three schools keep absenteeism well below the state’s 16.7%.