Summary:
ZIP code 47611 — Chrisney, in Spencer County, Indiana — is home to exactly one public school: Chrisney Elementary School, a PK–6 elementary with 216 students at 311 Church St. It belongs to the North Spencer County School Corp, which ranks 11th of 374 Indiana districts (97th percentile, 5 stars). Because there are no other schools in the ZIP, the meaningful comparisons run against that district and against the state.
Chrisney's standout strength is math. All-grades math proficiency is 78.26%, roughly 11 points above its own district and far above state grade-level rates. Every grade beats the state in math by 24.8 to 34.5 points — 3rd (82.76 vs 51.9), 4th (86.49 vs 52.0), 5th (72.41 vs 42.0), and 6th (65.0 vs 40.2). Attendance is strong too: chronic absenteeism is 8.8%, less than half the state's 16.7%, though slightly above the district's 7.0%. The school serves a moderate-poverty population (38.43% free/reduced lunch) with a 14.3:1 student–teacher ratio and $9,843 per-student spending (2023-24).
Two areas need watching. Sixth-grade ELA is 30.0% — the only metric below the state (41.3%) and 28.5 points below the district — even though those same students scored 65.0% in math. Science fell 6.7 points year over year to 63.16%, and 5th-grade social studies slipped 6.7 points to 48.28%, while ELA climbed 11.4 points and math gained 5.1. The school's composite rating softened from 5 stars (2023-24) to 4 stars (85th–86th percentile), still within the top ~14% statewide. Overall, this is a high-performing, low-absenteeism, math-dominant school.
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