Summary:
Zip code 47581 in Shoals, Indiana, is served by exactly one elementary school: Shoals Community Elementary School, a PK–5 building with 276 students that operates as part of the Shoals Community School Corp. Because it is the only elementary option in the area, there are no local schools to compare it against; the useful benchmarks are the school's own recent history, its district, and Indiana state averages.
The school is trending upward. It earned 2 stars and ranked 673 of 1,015 schools (34th percentile) for 2025-2026, an improvement from 1 star and the 23rd percentile the year before — and it now sits above its own district, which holds 1 star and the 24th percentile. Every core subject improved year over year, with Math reaching 36.28% proficiency (up 7.71 points) and English Language Arts reaching 31.58% (up 8.56 points); both beat the district's 24.61% and 24.12%. Results vary sharply by grade. Fourth graders were the bright spot, beating state averages in ELA (47.5% vs 42.2%) and Math (57.5% vs 52%). Fifth grade is the clear concern, missing the state by roughly 27 points in both ELA and Math (14.71% each) and by nearly 18 points in Social Studies (29.41% vs 47.2%), a gap that widened from the prior year in the school's final grade before middle school.
Attendance is the school's standout strength: 10.3% chronic absenteeism, far below the district's 28.6% and the state's 16.7%. Per-student spending was $12,434 in 2023-2024, with a student-teacher ratio of 17.8. Families should note some limits on the data — Science and Social Studies figures reflect single grades (4th and 5th), so they rest on small cohorts, free/reduced-lunch information is not reported, and only one year of attendance data is available.
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