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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47586

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Schools

1,351

Students

Top rankedWilliam Tell Elementary School384^th of 1,005 Indiana elementary schools

Summary:

Zip code 47586 is served by two public schools within the Tell City-Troy Township School Corp: William Tell Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6, and Tell City Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 7-12. Both schools share a similar chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting a potential district-wide challenge.

Tell City Junior-Senior High School appears to be the stronger performer historically, having achieved higher statewide rankings in previous years and investing more per student ($11,123) compared to William Tell Elementary School ($9,957). While William Tell Elementary School has more students (744) and a higher rate of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch (56.99%), indicating a higher proportion of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, it has shown a slight improvement in its star rating and performs at or above the district average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency in several grades, with its 3rd-grade ELA proficiency exceeding the Indiana state average.

In contrast, Tell City Junior-Senior High School demonstrated a significant increase in ELA proficiency from the 2023-2024 to the 2024-2025 school year, though its overall proficiency in 2024-2025 was slightly below the district average. The high school shows lower proficiency in mathematics compared to ELA, with its overall math proficiency below district and state averages. However, it has a strong graduation rate of 88.4% and has historically shown strong statewide rankings, suggesting a period of high performance. The elementary school shows mixed results in math, with some grades performing above the Indiana average, and demonstrates strengths in 4th-grade Science and 5th-grade Social Studies.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)							ILEARN Math (2025)							ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (2025)	ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William Tell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1235 31st St	Tell City	47586	Perry County	Tell City-Troy Township School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 547-9727	734	48	15.2	57.6%	667 (90.9%)	7 (1.0%)	16 (2.2%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.5%)	61	384^th of 1005 public elementary schools	61.8%		64.3	362^nd of 1011 public elementary schools	64.2%	22			48.0	46.4	41.2	43.9			44.9	47.1	51.6	35.3	33.6			41.7	51.0	44.3	47.5	44.1		$9,957	$1,019	$8,938
Tell City Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	900 12th St	Tell City	47586	Perry County	Tell City-Troy Township School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 547-3131	617	53	11.6	48.3%	572 (92.7%)	5 (0.8%)	14 (2.3%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	54.3	174^th of 429 public high schools	59.4%		57.4	151^st of 432 public high schools	65.0%	23	53.3	22.8					44.9	44.1	44.5					36.7	31.2	34.0					42.5	$11,123	$99	$11,023

Cities Near Zip Code 47586

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tell City	0.09 mi	2	163^rd
Cannelton	3.18 mi	1
Lamar	11.95 mi	1	28^th
Leopold	13.89 mi	2	151^st
Chrisney	15.46 mi	1	45^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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