Summary:
ZIP code 47634 in Richland (Spencer County, Indiana) is served by a single public school: Luce Elementary School, which covers grades K–5 with 178 students and belongs to South Spencer County School Corp. Because the ZIP contains no middle, high, or alternative schools, families should measure this school against its district, the state, and its own record over time rather than against nearby peers.
On those benchmarks Luce looks strong. It ranks 81st of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (92nd percentile) with 5 stars in 2025-2026, up from 227th three years earlier — a climb of 146 places into the top 10% of the state. Proficiency beats both its district and the state in every subject and grade tested: all-grade ELA 65.59% versus 51.35% in the district, math 66.67% versus 45.62%, and science 73.08% versus 45.71%. The widest gap is 4th-grade science (73.08% versus 40.32% district and 43.8% state). All nine grade-level figures exceed the state, by 16.5 to 29.3 points, and results stay remarkably even across grades 3–5.
Context matters too. Chronic absenteeism is 6.6%, well under the district's 14.7% and the state's 16.7%. About 37.08% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, spending runs $12,410 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.1 to 1 — small classes in a small building. One caution: with roughly 20–30 students per tested grade, a single student can shift a grade-level result by several points, and the metrics come from different school years. Overall, Luce is a small, high-performing, low-absenteeism school with a particularly notable edge in science.
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