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Best High Schools in Zip Code 47635

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350

Students

Top rankedSouth Spencer High School81^st of 415 Indiana high schools

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South Spencer High School up 50 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 47635 in Rockport, Indiana, has one public high school: South Spencer High School, which serves grades 9–12 and is part of South Spencer County School Corp. With 350 students, it is a small high school. Its district ranks 75th of 374 Indiana districts (80th percentile, 4 stars), and the school ranked 81st of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026, also at the 80th percentile with 4 stars. That is a notable rebound from 2024–2025, when it ranked 131st of 429 (69th percentile, 3 stars). Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 95.9%, well above Indiana’s 89.7% and matching the district’s 95.9%.

In 2025–2026, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency was 61.45%, above the state’s 51.9%, while SAT Mathematics proficiency was 28.92%, above the state’s 25.6%. The main academic gap is between reading/writing and math—about 32.5 percentage points. Reading/writing improved from 57.47% in 2024–2025, while math slipped slightly from 29.89%. ILEARN Biology End-of-Course proficiency rose from 38.64% in 2024–2025 to 46.99% in 2025–2026; in 2024–2025 it was below the state’s 45.6%, and no 2025–2026 state biology comparison is provided in this data set.

Chronic absenteeism was 16.6% in 2024–2025, essentially level with Indiana’s 16.7% but above the district’s 14.7%. The school reports 36% free/reduced-price lunch participation, $12,026 per-student spending in 2023–2024, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.2 in 2024–2025. Overall, South Spencer High School is a small, above-state-performing high school with strong graduation results, solid reading/writing proficiency, improving biology scores, and a recent rise in statewide rank. The clearest academic imbalance is SAT math versus reading/writing, and attendance is worth monitoring because it is above the district rate even though it is slightly better than the state.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Spencer High School	Public	9-12	1142 N Orchard Rd	Rockport	47635	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 649-9157	350	31	11.2	36.0%	323 (92.3%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	68.6	81^st of 415 public high schools	80.5%		61.2	131^st of 429 public high schools	69.5%	50	61.5	28.9	47.0	$13,219	$124	$13,095

Cities Near Zip Code 47635

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rockport	1.07 mi	3	148^th
Richland	6.89 mi	1	19^th
Chrisney	8.6 mi	1	40^th
Newburgh	13.02 mi	8	21^st
Tennyson	13.46 mi	1	136^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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