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Schools in Cates

Cates’s public schools

Covington Community School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cates. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Indiana’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Indiana’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
49%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▲ 2% vs IN $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.1
IN 15.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
903 students on the public path
In brief

Cates’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Cates’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s 1,697 public schools. Covington Community High School places highest (better than 90%); Covington Middle School lowest (65%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cates, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Covington Elementary Schoolin CovingtonA−
6–8Covington Middle Schoolin CovingtonB+
9–12Covington Community High Schoolin CovingtonA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Covington Community School Corporation.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Covington Community School CorporationGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 903 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 14.1 per teacher (IN 15.3)
$14,027IN $13,688 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 41.3% · 418 students tested
Math49%
State average 37.5% · 418 students tested

Cates vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Indiana towns that share Cates’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cates—Covington Community School Corporation

Every school in Cates

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Indiana’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Catesin other towns
Covington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Covington
A−
447 students17:1Rate it →
Covington Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Covington
B+
178 students11:1Rate it →
Covington Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Covington
A
278 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Cates’s schools

Are Cates’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cates. Covington Community School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cates. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cates in?

Covington Community School Corporation.

Where do Cates kids go to high school?

Covington Community High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.