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Schools in Center · Taylor Community School Corporation

Center’s public schools score below 79% of Indiana districts

The public schools Center’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

1%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
23%
▼ 20 pts vs IN 43%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
▼ 19 pts vs IN 36%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
▼ 4 pts vs IN 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$12.5K
▼ 9% vs IN $13.7K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Center compares

C− Test scoresD Graduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 21%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (607)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 626 tested students and a graduating class of 102; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Indiana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Center.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Taylor Elementary Schoolin Kokomo
5–8Taylor Middle Schoolin Kokomo
9–12Taylor High Schoolin Kokomo

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading23%
State average 42.6%
Math17%
State average 35.8%

Every school in Center

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Center

There’s no college in Center, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Indiana University-Kokomo in Kokomo, 4.1 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Center. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Indiana. Stars are from neighbors.

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