Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47551

Summary:

The 47551 zip code is home to two schools: Perry Central Elementary School and Perry Central Junior-Senior High School, both part of the Perry Central Com Schools Corp district. While the elementary school consistently excels, the high school has room for improvement in certain academic areas.

Perry Central Elementary School stands out with its consistently high academic performance, outperforming district and state averages in ILEARN ELA and Math assessments across all grade levels. The school maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top 25% of Indiana elementary schools, and boasts a low chronic absenteeism rate of just 9.7%.

In contrast, Perry Central Junior-Senior High School has achieved a remarkable 100% four-year graduation rate, but its ILEARN and SAT scores are more mixed, with some grades and subjects exceeding district and state averages while others fall behind. The high school also maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top 40% of Indiana high schools, suggesting there may be room for improvement in certain academic areas.

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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
Perry Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18677 Old SR 37	Leopold	47551	Perry County	Perry Central Com Schools Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 843-5122	703	34	20.6	43.1%	678 (96.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.7%)	77.2	210^th of 1010 public elementary schools	79.2%		73.9	247^th of 1016 public elementary schools	75.7%	37			47.4	59.5	43.2	57.7			52.1	70.5	73.8	48.7	49.4			61.2	33.8		$8,636	$739	$7,897
Perry Central Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	18677 Old SR 37	Leopold	47551	Perry County	Perry Central Com Schools Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 843-5121	582	45	12.9	40.7%	566 (97.3%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	66.4	96^th of 431 public high schools	77.7%		66.6	85^th of 398 public high schools	78.6%	11	52.4	22.9					47.8	49.4	48.5					33.3	29.9	31.7		60.7	$10,191	$565	$9,626

Cities Near Zip Code 47551

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Leopold	2.29 mi	2	77^th
Tell City	12.2 mi	2	148^th
Cannelton	15.16 mi	1
Ferdinand	15.9 mi	3	18^th
Eckerty	16.1 mi	1	249^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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