Original Research by School Decision on Greene-sullivan Special Ed Coop
The Greene-Sullivan Special Ed Coop is a special education school serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Linton, Indiana. It is not a typical neighborhood school. It is a cooperative program that draws students from across Greene and Sullivan counties, operating as a separate entity from the local public school districts. The school is housed at 77 A Street NE in Linton, a small city with a traditional downtown and a history rooted in coal mining.
Because this is a special education school, the standard academic performance measures that parents often look for, such as state assessment results and graduation rates, are not available. This is not a gap in reporting; it reflects the nature of the school. The Greene-Sullivan Special Ed Coop serves students with individualized education programs (IEPs) across a wide grade span, from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school's purpose is to provide specialized instruction and support that a student's home district may not be able to offer within its own buildings. For a parent considering this placement, the relevant measures of success are the student's progress on their IEP goals, the quality of therapeutic and instructional supports, and the transition services available, not the standardized test scores that apply to general education settings.
Enrollment data for the school is reported as zero across all grade levels and racial and ethnic categories. This is unusual and likely reflects how the cooperative reports its students. In a cooperative arrangement of this kind, students are often counted as enrolled in their home school district for state reporting purposes, even though they receive their instruction at the cooperative's facility. The school's own data does not provide a count of students served, nor does it report the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, the number of students with IEPs, or English learner counts. A parent would want to ask the cooperative directly for its current enrollment and the specific disabilities or needs it is equipped to serve.
The school is located in Linton, a small city in southwestern Indiana. Housing in the area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. The typical home value in the zip code is well below the Indiana median and even further below the national median, and values have been rising at a pace above the state average in the most recent year. The local unemployment rate and median household income are in line with national figures. Linton itself is a compact community with a traditional downtown, a strong Independence Day celebration, and access to the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area for outdoor recreation. The city has seen very slow population growth in recent years.
For a family whose child has been referred to this cooperative, the key question is what specific programs and services the school offers. The available data does not describe the school's curriculum, therapy offerings, staff-to-student ratios, or transition programming. A parent would want to visit the school, speak with the director and lead teachers, and understand how the cooperative coordinates with the student's home district. The school's role is to provide a specialized setting that a typical public school cannot replicate, and the fit depends entirely on the individual student's needs and the school's capacity to meet them.
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