| Attica
is served by the Attica Consolidated School Corporation, which
was formed in 1962 by the consolidation of public schools in
Logan, Davis, and Shawnee Townships. For the 1999-2000 academic
year, the system had 964 students enrolled. The State projects
enrollment will grow to about 1,023 students for the 2003-2004
year. Attica Elementary serves students in grades kindergarten
through sixth, while Attica High School serves students from
seventh through twelfth grades. |
| District
performance is difficult to measure but numerous statistics do
exist to provide a rough picture of their effectiveness. Figure
1.25 compares general statistics about the corporation by
ranking the district out of the 293 Indiana school systems. |
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Figure 1.25: Attica Consolidated School Corporation ranked among
other systems in the State.
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| In terms
of standardized testing scores, Attica schools have ranked about
average in terms of ISTEP scores. For the 1999-2000 school year,
students in grade 3 performed as well as the State average,
while sixth grade students performed significantly better than
average. High school students in grades 8 and 10, however, had
about 10% fewer students passing both math and English standards
than the State average. Over the past 3 academic years, the
percentage of students passing both standards has fallen in
every grade except grade six. |
Figure 1.26: Comparisons of students above both State math and English
standards in the 1999-2000 academic year.
Figure 1.27: Changes in number of students in Attica meeting
both State English and math standards over time.
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| A low 41%
of the graduating seniors in 1999 went on to attend a college or
university. Most of these students, and a few additional ones
(46% of the senior class), took the SAT college entrance exam.
Their average score was a 950, compared to a Statewide average
of 994 and US average of 1016. Scores improved substantially in
the most recent year, with a score of 1008 compared to 999 in
Indiana and 1019 nationally. Trends show rising scores in Attica
over the past six years. |
Figure 1.28: SAT scores of school graduates likely to pursue a
college education. |
| In 1990,
nearly a third of all adults in Attica did not have a high
school diploma, compared with a quarter statewide. As is typical
in many rural communities, the number of college graduates was
about half that in the State as a whole. |
Figure 1.29: Educational attainment of the adult population in
1990. |
