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Tell City Jr-Sr High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
900 12th St
Tell City, IN 47586
Phone
(812) 547-3131
District
Tell City-Troy Twp School Corp
County
PERRY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
616
Classroom Teachers
44

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

6

(10 is best)

Better than 59.9% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Tell City Jr-Sr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
35%
49%
38%
26%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
37%
56%
43%
36%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
42%
39%
61%
49%
23%
29%
42%
39%
61%
49%
23%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 103 16.7%
Grade 8 109 17.7%
Grade 9 110 17.9%
Grade 10 97 15.7%
Grade 11 107 17.4%
Grade 12 89 14.4%
Total 616 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.3% 95.4% 67.7%
Black 1.5% 1.1% 14.1%
Hispanic 1.8% 1.7% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.3% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 48.4% 53.1% 50.9%
Free lunch eligible 41.9% 44.3% 46.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.5% 8.8% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,449 6,862,199
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 253.0 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 20.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,687 2,681,537
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 90.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.7% 28.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.3% 15.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.1% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 13.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.2% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.0% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.5% 11.0%
$15,000 or less 10.9% 8.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,845 $9,309,000 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $369 $502,000 2.7%
Staff $336 $457,000 2.5%
General Administration $424 $576,000 3.1%
School Administration $725 $986,000 5.3%
Operation $1,371 $1,864,000 10.1%
Transportation $332 $452,000 2.4%
Other $404 $549,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,960 $5,386,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,785 $3,787,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $13,590 $18,482,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,644 $5,847,671,000 44.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $594,242,000 4.5%
Staff $515 $533,647,000 4.0%
General Administration $209 $216,618,000 1.6%
School Administration $667 $690,724,000 5.2%
Operation $1,217 $1,261,217,000 9.5%
Transportation $551 $570,491,000 4.3%
Other $366 $379,113,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,098 $4,246,052,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $3,126,987,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $12,760 $13,220,710,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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