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Best High Schools in Zip Code 47586

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Students

Top rankedTell City Junior-Senior High School174^th of 429 Indiana high schools

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Summary:

In zip code 47586, there is one high school, Tell City Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 7-12. This public school is part of the Tell City-Troy Township School Corp, which is ranked 113th out of 380 Indiana districts and holds a 4-star rating.

Tell City Junior-Senior High School has an enrollment of 616 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14:1. The school achieved a strong graduation rate of 88.4% for the 2023-2024 school year. However, a notable concern is the chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the same period, which could impact student learning. The school serves a significant portion of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, with 48.38% receiving free or reduced lunch.

Academically, Tell City Junior-Senior High School shows mixed results. It performs well in English Language Arts (ELA), often meeting or exceeding state averages, particularly in 7th and 8th grades. The SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing scores also surpass state averages. Conversely, math proficiency is an area for improvement, with scores below state and district averages in several categories. Biology and SAT Mathematics scores also fall below state averages. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, with a high of 41st in 2020-2021 and a low of 158th in 2021-2022, recovering to 92nd in 2022-2023. The school's spending per student is $11,123, indicating substantial resource allocation.

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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 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 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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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