South Dearborn High School
Aurora · IN · South Dearborn Community Sch Corp · Public
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Lawrenceburg High School → Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn Special Ed Coop → Batesville High School → Franklin County High → Milan High School → South Ripley High School → East Central High School → Rising Sun High School →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 92% in 2019 (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How South Dearborn High School compares for families
What families should know about South Dearborn High School.
- ▸ LocallyIN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lawrenceburg High School, Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn Special Ed Coop, Batesville High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Indiana University-Bloomington
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,264/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Pay for college in Indiana
Indiana's public scholarships
Indiana's signature aid is income-qualified and front-loaded: families must enroll in 21st Century Scholars back in middle school. The Frank O'Bannon Grant is the open need-based backstop.
Income-qualified promise: sign up in 7th–8th grade, then earn it with a 2.5 GPA and a Core 40 diploma. Covers up to full public-college tuition. (Must enroll in the program in 7th or 8th grade.)
Official program details ↗Indiana's main need-based grant — awarded on FAFSA financial need with no GPA or test gate. (File the FAFSA by April 15; enroll full-time.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -3.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 625 students:
≈ 96 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,021 per student in district revenue, the 96 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,346,016/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg High School Lawrenceburg |
Public | 4.8 | 715 | +0.0% |
| Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn Special Ed Coop Sunman |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Batesville High School Batesville |
Public | 23.6 | 676 | -4.4% |
| Franklin County High Brookville |
Public | 25.5 | 614 | -18.8% |
| Milan High School Milan |
Public | 11.6 | 314 | -1.3% |
| South Ripley High School Versailles |
Public | 17.2 | 356 | -1.7% |
| East Central High School St Leon |
Public | 15.1 | 1,218 | -3.6% |
| Rising Sun High School Rising Sun |
Public | 8.7 | 233 | +1.7% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantSouth Dearborn High School is a public high school in Aurora, IN, enrolling 625 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2021 to 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 92% in the latest EDFacts release.
20% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is South Dearborn High School's graduation rate? South Dearborn High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 92% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend South Dearborn High School? South Dearborn High School is a public high school in Aurora, IN, enrolling 625 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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