Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47567

ZIP code 47567 covers Petersburg, Indiana, and has three public schools in the Pike County School Corp: Petersburg Elementary School (PK–5, 460 students), Pike Central Middle School (6–8, 383 students), and Pike Central High School (9–12, 450 students), with about 1,293 students total.

All three schools carry a 2-star rating, and the district ranks 231 of 374 in Indiana, or the 38th percentile. Petersburg Elementary School has the clearest academic highlight: 5th grade Social Studies proficiency is 56.34%, versus 47.2% statewide, and its chronic absenteeism of 15.6% is below the state’s 16.7%. Pike Central Middle School has the strongest recent rank among the three, at the 44th percentile, and its Science scores are close to the district and state. Pike Central High School graduates 92.7% of students, above the state’s 89.7%, and spends the most per student ($13,916) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.1). However, attendance worsens as students get older: 15.6% at the elementary, 22.6% at the middle, and 25.4% at the high school.

ELA is a shared weakness: every grade-level ELA score in the data is below the state, with the largest gaps in middle school 6th grade ELA (20.97% vs. 41.3%) and elementary 3rd grade ELA (22.08% vs. 40.8%). Math is uneven; elementary all-grades Math (40.8%) is above the district, while middle school all-grades Math (31.97%) is below it. At the high school, SAT proficiency is low: 43% in Evidence-based Reading and Writing vs. 51.9% statewide, and 17% in SAT Math vs. 25.6%. Biology fell from 41.23% to 30.97%. Free/reduced lunch averages about 49.7% across the three schools, a meaningful economic context. Overall, this is a below-median district with bright spots in elementary Social Studies, high school graduation, and middle school rank stability, but concerns remain in attendance, ELA, and high school SAT performance.