Schools · Southeast

Southeast, IN schools

Southeast’s public schools score close to Indiana’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Throop Elementary School through grade 6, then Paoli Jr & Sr High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Southeast’s School Grade: B

The public schools Southeast’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresBGraduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 57%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (783)Better than 38%
Towns in Orange County (10)Better than 30%
High confidence. Built on 649 tested students and a graduating class of 117; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path

Where Southeast kids go to school

Grades PK–6
C+Throop Elementary School 693 students · Paoli Paoli Community School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Paoli Community School Corporation)42%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Paoli Community School Corporation)28%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate
97%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
117
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Southeast

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

Within reach

Colleges near Southeast

There’s no college within 30 miles of Southeast. The closest is Saint Meinrad School of Theology in Harrison, IN, 30.2 miles away.

Indiana University-SoutheastUniversity or college · Public · New Albany31.2 mi2,655 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Southeast. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

We don’t have any schools located in Southeast yet.

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