Summary:
In zip code 47715, there is one public high school serving grades 9-12: William Henry Harrison High School, which is part of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.
William Henry Harrison High School has an enrollment of 1,209 students and a four-year graduation rate of 88.4%. The school's spending per student is $11,969, with a student-teacher ratio of 15.1. A notable characteristic is the high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, at 56.99%, indicating a significant portion of the student body comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8%, which is a concern and often linked to lower academic achievement.
Academically, William Henry Harrison High School consistently performs below both the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp district average and the Indiana state average in key subjects like Biology, Evidence-based Reading and Writing, and Mathematics. For instance, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 15.77% of students were proficient in SAT Mathematics, compared to the district average of 20.92% and the state average of 25.4%. There appears to be a general downward trend in test score proficiency between the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years across most tested areas. The school is ranked around 274 out of 398 Indiana high schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, reflecting its performance relative to other schools statewide.
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