Summary:
The city of Connersville, Indiana is home to a single public high school, Connersville Senior High School, which serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Fayette County School Corporation. While the school has a relatively high graduation rate of 90%, its academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is below the state average in several areas.
Connersville Senior High School has an enrollment of 966 students, with a racial makeup that is predominantly White (93.48%). The school's proficiency rates in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing (48.44%) and SAT/Mathematics (18.75%) for the 2023-2024 school year are lower than the state average. Additionally, the school's proficiency rate in ILEARN/Biology for the End of Course in 2022-2023 was 28.67%, slightly below the state average of 29%. These academic performance metrics suggest that the school faces challenges in improving student outcomes.
Socioeconomic factors may play a role in the school's performance, as 54.55% of Connersville Senior High School students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $11,618, and the student-to-teacher ratio for the 2022-2023 school year was 14.2. While the school's graduation rate is relatively high, the chronic absenteeism rate of 28.4% is a concern that may be impacting academic achievement.
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