Best Public Schools in Waldron, IN

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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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2024)							ILEARN Math (2024)							ILEARN Social Studies (2024)	ILEARN Biology (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Waldron Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	306 S East St	Waldron	46182	Shelby County	Shelby Eastern Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 525-6505	312	17	18.0	49.4%	291 (93.3%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	67	329^th of 1010 public elementary schools	67.4%		79.3	192^nd of 1016 public elementary schools	81.1%	137			39.5	34.8	49.1				41.7	60.5	67.4	56.4				61.1	36.4		$10,279	$785	$9,494
Waldron Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	102 N East St	Waldron	46182	Shelby County	Shelby Eastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 525-6822	306	24	12.8	34.6%	299 (97.7%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53.6	171^st of 431 public high schools	60.3%		25	312^th of 398 public high schools	21.6%	141	65.1	20.9				55.0	29.3	43.5	42.5				32.5	12.2	19.6	21.3		21.1	$12,187	$529	$11,658

Cities Near Waldron

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Shelbyville	6.69 mi	11	319^th
Milroy	10.93 mi	1	201^st
Greensburg	11.09 mi	7	184^th
Hope	12.25 mi	2	263^rd
Arlington	13.92 mi	1	211^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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