Schools in Zip Code 47635

ZIP code 47635 covers Rockport, Indiana, and is served by three public schools, all part of the South Spencer County School Corp: Rockport-Ohio Elementary School (PK–5), South Spencer Middle School (6–8), and South Spencer High School (9–12). With no alternative schools, these three traditional schools serve the full local population of 887 students — 350 at the high school (about 39.5%), 317 at the elementary (about 35.7%), and 220 at the middle school (about 24.8%). The district ranks 75th of 374 Indiana districts, the 80th percentile with 4 stars, with chronic absenteeism of 14.7% versus the state's 16.7% and a graduation rate of 95.9% versus the state's 89.7%.

South Spencer Middle School is the academic standout, ranking 72nd of 486 Indiana middle schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) and holding between the 81st and 86th percentile for three straight years. Every reported 2025-2026 grade-level test score is above the state, including 8th grade ELA at 60% vs 44% and 8th grade math at 48.33% vs 34.2%. South Spencer High School ranks 81st of 415 (80th percentile, 4 stars) after a 2024-2025 dip to 3 stars, with strong college-readiness signals: SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing at 61.45% vs the state's 51.9%, and SAT Math at 28.92% vs 25.6%. Biology ILEARN improved from 38.64% to 46.99%; no state comparison for 2025-2026 is shown.

Rockport-Ohio Elementary School is the concern, ranking 697th of 1,015 elementary schools (31st percentile, 2 stars) after falling from the 51st percentile and 3 stars in 2023-2024. Its all-grade math is 24.06% and science 16.67%, far below the district's 45.62% and 45.71%, and 4th grade math is 13.89% against the state's 52%. Notably, its chronic absenteeism is the lowest of the three at 12.1%, while the middle school's is the highest at 21.9%, so attendance alone does not explain the differences. The elementary also has the highest FRPL rate (55.84%) and the lowest per-student spending ($9,763).