Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47586

ZIP code 47586 in Tell City, Indiana, has two public schools in the Tell City-Troy Township School Corp: William Tell Elementary School for grades PK–6 and Tell City Junior-Senior High School for grades 7–12, together enrolling 1,351 students. The area has one elementary and one high school, with no standalone middle school, though the junior-senior high covers grades 7–8. The district is ranked 129 of 374, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars.

For parents comparing the two, Tell City Junior-Senior High School is the academic standout in graduation and English/language arts. Its graduation rate is 96.1%, above the state’s 89.7%, and its 2025–2026 ELA All Grades score is 56.87%, 16.12 percentage points above the district. Seventh- and eighth-grade ELA also exceed state levels, and ELA rose 12.37 percentage points year over year. Its student-teacher ratio is lower, at 11.6, and per-student spending is higher, at $11,123. However, SAT Math is 21.9% versus the state’s 25.6%, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing is 50.48% versus 51.9%, and chronic absenteeism is 19.2%, above district and state.

William Tell Elementary School stands out for attendance: chronic absenteeism is 15.5%, below the district’s 17.2% and the state’s 16.7%. Its 5th-grade Social Studies score is 47.47%, slightly above the state’s 47.2%, and 3rd-grade Math is 51.06%, close to the state’s 51.9%. Math All Grades is 40.99%, above the district’s 39.19%. But ELA is below state at every tested grade, and ELA All Grades fell from 44.85% to 32.35%, a 12.50 percentage point drop. The school’s rank also declined to 2 stars and 45th percentile. Both schools show declining rank percentiles over three years, so elementary ELA, high school SAT, and high school absenteeism are key metrics to watch.