Best High Schools in Zip Code 47552

ZIP code 47552 contains one high school, Heritage Hills High School, serving grades 9–12 in Lincoln City, Indiana, as part of North Spencer County School Corp. It enrolls 634 students and represents the area’s entire high-school profile. The school has earned 5 stars in every reported year. Its state rank was 28th of 415 schools (93rd percentile) in 2025–2026, 18th of 429 (96th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 41st of 432 (91st percentile) in 2023–2024, placing it in the top 7% of Indiana high schools despite a small slip from 18th to 28th. The district is also highly ranked, at 11th of 374 Indiana districts (97th percentile) with 5 stars.

The 2024–2025 graduation rate is 96.5%, which is 6.8 percentage points above Indiana’s 89.7%. Chronic absenteeism is 9.6%, which is 7.1 points lower than the state’s 16.7%, though it is 2.6 points higher than the district’s 7.0%. Test proficiency is well above state averages. In 2025–2026, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 64.86% versus the state’s 51.9%, a +12.96 point advantage, and SAT Math is 43.24% versus the state’s 25.6%, a +17.64 point advantage. ILEARN Biology is 64.48%; the most recent state comparison is 2024–2025, when the school’s 64.46% was 18.86 points above the state’s 45.6%. SAT scores did soften year over year—ERW fell from 69.33% to 64.86% (−4.47 points), and Math fell from 46.01% to 43.24% (−2.77 points)—while Biology was essentially flat, moving from 64.46% to 64.48%. Math still shows the largest gap over the state.

Context metrics show free/reduced lunch at 28.71%, per-student spending at $11,439, and a student-teacher ratio of 14.2. These figures provide context, but the data does not indicate they are limiting outcomes. Overall, Heritage Hills High School is a high-performing school with strong graduation, attendance relative to the state, and test results. The main items to watch are the year-over-year SAT decline and chronic absenteeism being higher than the district average, even though it remains much lower than the state. Because it is the only high school in ZIP 47552, its results are the area’s high-school results.