The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in Math. The lowest is 39% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Northeast Dubois Intermediate School
Northeast Dubois Intermediate School serves students in third through sixth grade in the small, unincorporated rural community of Dubois, Indiana. It is a regular public school within the Northeast Dubois County School Corporation. Because it covers only the intermediate grades, it does not have a high school graduation rate, a metric that simply does not apply here.
Dubois is a census-designated place set amid agricultural land in Dubois County. The Patoka River runs along its northwestern edge, and Indiana State Road 162 passes through the community, leading southeast toward Patoka Lake. The county seat, Jasper, lies a short drive to the southwest and functions as the primary center for shopping, government, and services. Within Dubois itself, there is a branch of the Jasper-Dubois County Public Library, but the area is car-dependent and has limited commercial infrastructure. The population has been declining modestly in recent years, and the median household income falls within a middle range. Home values in the area sit slightly below the state median, making the housing market somewhat more accessible than in many parts of Indiana.
The school enrolls a small student body, nearly all of whom are white. A small share of students identify as Hispanic, and an even smaller share identify as two or more races. No Black, Asian, or Native American students were reported. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that is substantial but not unusually high for a rural Indiana school. No data was available for students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to check with the school directly on those counts.
On state assessments, Northeast Dubois Intermediate shows a clear split between subjects. In mathematics, a solid majority of students met the proficiency benchmark, a result that places the school on stronger ground than many of its peers in Dubois County. Science results also land above the halfway mark, with roughly three in five students scoring proficient. English language arts tells a different story: fewer than two in five students reached proficiency, a figure that sits below the county median and is notably weaker than the math outcome. Social studies, tested only in fifth grade, falls somewhere in the middle. Looking across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint relative to districts in Dubois County, a pattern driven largely by the ELA shortfall.
No chronic absenteeism data, discipline records, or staffing information were available in the data provided. That gap may reflect the school’s size or reporting practices, but a parent interested in school climate or student support should seek that information from the school or district. Likewise, no details on course access or program offerings were supplied, so it is not clear what enrichment or intervention programs the school runs.
The Northeast Dubois County School Corporation itself registered no notable recent changes in the publicly available record, meaning a family considering this school would likely find a stable district environment without major disruptions to operations or leadership.
This is a small rural intermediate school where math instruction is a relative strength and literacy is the area that needs attention. The community is quiet, shrinking slowly, and car-oriented. Families who value a tight-knit, low-key setting and a school where math proficiency outpaces the county norm may find this a reasonable fit. Those for whom strong English language arts results are a priority will want to explore how the school supports reading and writing in the intermediate grades.
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