Summary:
The city of Waldron, Indiana is home to two schools - Waldron Junior-Senior High School and Waldron Elementary School, both part of the Shelby Eastern Schools district. While the high school has shown significant improvement in recent years, the elementary school stands out for its exceptional performance in mathematics.
Waldron Junior-Senior High School has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 97.0% and has improved its state-wide ranking from 312th out of 398 Indiana high schools in 2022-2023 to 105th out of 431 in 2023-2024, with a corresponding increase in its SchoolDigger rating from 1 to 4 stars. The school also performs well in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing, with 65.12% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the district average of 59.52%.
In contrast, Waldron Elementary School stands out for its impressive ILEARN Math proficiency rates, with 61.11% of all grades proficient or better in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the district average of 45.01%. The elementary school also maintains consistently high ILEARN Math proficiency rates across grades 3-5, ranging from 56.36% to 67.39% in 2023-2024, and strong ILEARN English Language Arts performance, with 50.36% of all grades proficient or better in 2022-2023, compared to the district average of 42.45%.
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