Summary:
Shoals Community School Corp in Indiana is home to a single high school, Shoals Community High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has a relatively small student population of 192 and a predominantly white student body, with 93.75% of students identifying as white. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally below the state average, particularly in mathematics, where only 7.32% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in 2023-2024.
Shoals Community High School has a high four-year graduation rate of 92.3% for the 2022-2023 school year, but it also has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 41.0%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school serves a relatively low-income student population, with 53.65% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $10,368 for the 2021-2022 school year, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past few years, from 168th out of 409 Indiana high schools in 2021-2022 to 335th out of 431 in 2023-2024.
Overall, the analysis of Shoals Community High School highlights several areas of concern, including academic performance, chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic factors that may be impacting the school's overall outcomes. The Shoals Community School Corp will need to carefully examine these issues and develop targeted strategies to address the challenges facing the school and its students.
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