Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47932

ZIP code 47932 covers Covington, Indiana, where three public schools serve roughly 903 students across grades PK–12: one elementary, one middle, and one high school, all part of the Covington Community School Corp district, which is rated 4 stars and ranks 69 of 374 Indiana districts (82nd percentile).

Covington Middle School is the academic standout, with 178 students in grades 6–8. It earns 4 stars, ranks in the 87th percentile (64 of 486), and has improved steadily from the 73rd to the 82nd to the 87th percentile over three years; its ELA, math, and science results are above the state in every listed grade. Covington Community High School is also a steady 4-star school in the low-to-mid 70s percentile, with a 93.2% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7% and SAT reading at 65.08% versus the state's 51.9%, though SAT math is only slightly above state. Covington Elementary School, the largest school with 447 students in PK–5, is a mixed picture: math is above state in grades 3–5 and 4th-grade science is above state, but ELA is below state in 3rd and 5th grades (35.14% all grades versus the district's 44%), matching its drop to 3 stars and the 61st percentile.

Attendance is a district-wide strength: all three schools beat Indiana's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, with elementary best at 8.9% and middle and high around 12%. Resources differ notably — high school spends the most per student ($14,726) and elementary the least ($8,887), while the student-teacher ratio is highest at elementary (17.1) and lowest at middle school (10.7).