Summary:
ZIP code 47635 has one middle school, South Spencer Middle School in Rockport, Indiana, serving grades 6–8 with 220 students as part of South Spencer County School Corp.
Parents will find a consistently high-performing school. It earned a 4-star rating in 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026. Its statewide rank was 72nd out of 486 middle schools in 2025–2026, 93rd out of 480 in 2024–2025, and 67th out of 491 in 2023–2024, keeping it in the top 15–20% of Indiana middle schools. The district also has a 4-star rating and ranks 75th out of 374 districts. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, the school exceeded state proficiency in every reported grade-level comparison. The strongest margins were 6th grade ELA (58.97% vs. 41.30% state), 8th grade ELA (60.00% vs. 44.00%), and 8th grade Math (48.33% vs. 34.20%). All-grade proficiency was 53.64% in ELA, 49.77% in Math, and 50.00% in Science, all above district averages.
One academic area to watch is 7th grade ELA, where 43.90% proficiency was only 2.20 points above the state’s 41.70% and below the school’s 6th and 8th grade ELA results. A clearer challenge is chronic absenteeism: 21.9% in 2024–2025, compared with 14.7% in the district and 16.7% statewide. About 47.27% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.7. Per-student spending was $12,342 in 2023–2024, though no district or state spending comparison is provided. Overall, South Spencer Middle School combines strong test scores and stable ratings with an absenteeism issue that families and school leaders may want to address.
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