The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Science. The lowest is 47% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Tennyson Elementary School
Tennyson Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in the town of Tennyson, a very small, predominantly rural residential community in Warrick County, part of the broader Evansville metropolitan area. The school sits directly on the town’s main road, Main Street, integrated into the corridor rather than on a separated campus. The town itself has no distinct commercial downtown; civic and educational functions line that primary thoroughfare. Key civic anchors include the school and a branch of the Boonville-Warrick County Public Library, and Little Pigeon Creek with its associated state wetland conservation area lies just east of town. The town is experiencing very slow, modest growth, and housing values have been rising.
Enrollment at the school is small, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is overwhelmingly white. Data on the shares of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners were not reported by the school. The school is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet. It is part of Warrick County School Corp, the county’s sole school district, so a comparison against other Warrick County districts is not possible; the district is the only one in the county for this grade band.
On the Indiana ILEARN assessments, Tennyson Elementary posted results that give a mixed picture. In math, just over half of students tested scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, just under half did. The science and social studies results, tested only at fifth grade and based on a smaller group of students, showed a higher share reaching proficiency. The participation rate for the math and English language arts tests was full, while participation data for science and social studies was not reported. The school’s overall pattern is one where a parent may want to look into how the school supports students who are not yet at the proficient mark, particularly in literacy and math, given that the proficiency rates in those two core subjects sit around the midway point.
The school offers no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to consider. Data on discipline, chronic absenteeism, course access, and staffing were not available in the records examined. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property tax changes reported in the search.
For a family considering Tennyson, the school provides a small, rural elementary setting where a child is likely to know most classmates. The housing market in the town has seen appreciation, and the broader Evansville metro area offers employment and amenities within a reasonable drive. The academic profile shows room for improvement in core subjects, and a prospective parent would be wise to talk with the school directly about instruction, intervention practices, and how the school addresses the learning needs of students who are not yet meeting the state proficiency benchmarks.
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