About Rush County Schools
Rush County Schools is a public school system serving Rush County, Indiana, based in Rushville. It serves 1,872 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #137 largest of Indiana’s 426 school systems.
Size and structure
Rush County Schools enrolls 1,872 students in 5 schools — an average of about 374 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #137 of 426 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Rush County Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,872 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Rush County Schools employs about 151 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1 — below the Indiana average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 312.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Indiana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Rush County Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Indiana reports school data through the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed (GPS) dashboard — ILEARN/IREAD results, graduation and postsecondary readiness — and in 2026 finalized a redesigned A–F accountability model that first counts in 2026–27. Look up Rush County Schools on the Indiana GPS dashboard.
Accreditation status
Indiana public districts are accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education (performance-based accreditation); a school may instead hold accreditation from a state-recognized agency such as Cognia (the former North Central Association). See the Indiana Department of Education.
Rush County Schools vs. Indiana
See every Indiana district side by side in the Indiana directory.
Look up Rush County Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):