Best Public Schools in Bloomington, IN

Summary:

The city of Bloomington, Indiana is home to 24 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Monroe County Community School Corporation district. This district is highly ranked, with several standout schools that excel academically, including The Academy of Science & Entrepreneurship, Childs Elementary School, and University Elementary School.

The district exhibits a range of academic performance, with several schools ranking among the top in the state, such as Jackson Creek Middle School and Bloomington High School North, which have exceptional test scores and graduation rates. However, a few schools, like Grandview Elementary, Arlington Heights Elementary, and Fairview Elementary, face challenges with lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates.

The district also includes specialized high schools, such as The Academy of Science & Entrepreneurship, which caters to students with a focus on science and entrepreneurship, and Bloomington Graduation School, which serves students with unique needs. Overall, the Bloomington school district offers a diverse range of educational opportunities, with several high-performing schools that excel academically, as well as some schools that require additional support to improve student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2024)							ILEARN Math (2024)							ILEARN Social Studies (2024)	ILEARN Biology (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
The Bloomington Project School	Public, Charter	K-8	349 S Walnut St	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	The Bloomington Project School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(812) 558-0041	330	24	13.7	31.8%	259 (78.5%)	13 (3.9%)	24 (7.3%)	10 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.0%)	80.4	181^st of 1010 public elementary schools	82.1%		79.6	189^th of 1016 public elementary schools	81.4%	8			61.1	57.6	65.9	59.4	58.3	60.7	60.8	64.9	57.6	43.9	34.4	29.2	53.6	48.2	63.4		$8,405	$688	$7,717
Excel Center - Bloomington	Public, Charter	9-12	2088 Liberty Drive	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Excel Center - Bloomington	Yes	No	No	No	(812) 353-8084	124	16	7.7	57.3%	80 (64.5%)	16 (12.9%)	7 (5.6%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (14.5%)	65.7	103^rd of 431 public high schools	76.1%					(n/a)	60.0	20.0																	$4,950	$158	$4,792
Arlington Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	700 W Parrish Rd	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 330-7747	332	26	12.7	63.3%	233 (70.2%)	33 (9.9%)	23 (6.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	37 (11.1%)	16.8	850^th of 1010 public elementary schools	15.8%		21.4	807^th of 1016 public elementary schools	20.6%	43			31.3	20.5	8.1	18.6			19.2	37.5	15.4	13.5	14.0			19.2	13.5		$11,063	$1,583	$9,480
Binford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2300 E Second St	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7741	475	32	14.9	20.6%	353 (74.3%)	9 (1.9%)	24 (5.1%)	50 (10.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.0%)	88.3	91^st of 1010 public elementary schools	91.0%		87.2	96^th of 1016 public elementary schools	90.6%	5			61.5	57.7	51.3	54.9			56.1	78.1	76.2	66.7	55.8			69.1	58.0		$10,508	$968	$9,540
Bloomington High School North	Public	9-12	3901 N Kinser Pike	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7724	1,590	103	15.3	32.7%	1,161 (73.0%)	109 (6.9%)	124 (7.8%)	84 (5.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (6.9%)	82	45^th of 431 public high schools	89.6%		83.7	32^nd of 398 public high schools	92.0%	13	64.2	40.9																56.3	$11,067	$1,004	$10,063
Bloomington High School South	Public	9-12	1965 S Walnut St	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7714	1,649	97	16.9	27.1%	1,286 (78.0%)	57 (3.5%)	120 (7.3%)	79 (4.8%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	103 (6.2%)	90	16^th of 431 public high schools	96.3%		90.9	14^th of 398 public high schools	96.5%	2	77.4	52.3																60.6	$11,382	$1,134	$10,249
Childs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2211 S High St	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7756	483	33	14.6	13.5%	364 (75.4%)	12 (2.5%)	16 (3.3%)	50 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.5%)	97	14^th of 1010 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.7	6^th of 1016 public elementary schools	99.4%	8			79.7	67.2	63.5	78.4			72.2	89.9	83.6	77.0	77.0			81.7	70.3		$10,077	$1,056	$9,020
Rogers Elementary School	Public	K-2	2200 E 2nd St	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7767	312	28	11.1	26.0%	233 (74.7%)	5 (1.6%)	15 (4.8%)	33 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (8.0%)								(n/a)																			$10,980	$1,144	$9,836
Templeton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1400 S Brenda Ln	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 330-7735	408	35	11.7	67.9%	247 (60.5%)	49 (12.0%)	48 (11.8%)	14 (3.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.3%)	38.4	644^th of 1010 public elementary schools	36.2%		43.1	608^th of 1016 public elementary schools	40.2%	36			34.0	33.9	37.3	35.0			35.1	40.0	30.7	35.6	17.5			31.8	27.1		$12,654	$2,091	$10,563
University Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1111 N Russell Rd	Bloomington	47408	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7753	596	38	15.6	32.6%	372 (62.4%)	46 (7.7%)	37 (6.2%)	94 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.9%)	89.2	78^th of 1010 public elementary schools	92.3%		93	46^th of 1016 public elementary schools	95.5%	32			64.1	51.5	68.2	80.7			67.4	70.3	45.6	70.5	79.6			67.7	68.2		$11,092	$1,038	$10,054
Jackson Creek Middle School	Public	7-8	3980 S Sare Rd	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-2451	524	40	13.0	28.8%	399 (76.1%)	14 (2.7%)	30 (5.7%)	37 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.0%)	96.3	9^th of 485 public middle schools	98.1%		95.6	9^th of 489 public middle schools	98.2%								63.7	65.0	64.4					66.9	62.0	64.5			$11,691	$1,052	$10,639
Summit Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1450 W Countryside Ln	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 330-2011	616	45	13.6	48.5%	369 (59.9%)	56 (9.1%)	103 (16.7%)	18 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	66 (10.7%)	44.6	583^rd of 1010 public elementary schools	42.3%		51.4	526^th of 1016 public elementary schools	48.2%	57			39.8	43.5	23.6	24.7			33.6	53.0	50.6	33.3	27.4			41.9	22.2		$10,593	$1,415	$9,178
Tri-North Middle School	Public	7-8	1000 W 15th St	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7745	574	41	14.0	41.3%	388 (67.6%)	53 (9.2%)	45 (7.8%)	33 (5.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.1%)	83.1	65^th of 485 public middle schools	86.6%		85.6	56^th of 489 public middle schools	88.5%	9							48.7	54.2	51.4					48.9	44.8	46.9			$11,354	$912	$10,442
Hoosier Hills Career Center	Public	6-12	3070 Prow Road	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7730	0	16	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	627 W 8th St	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 330-7732	301	35	8.6	84.4%	142 (47.2%)	61 (20.3%)	47 (15.6%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (14.6%)	42.2	601^st of 1010 public elementary schools	40.5%		26.5	764^th of 1016 public elementary schools	24.8%	163			54.0	42.2	13.2	18.5			34.7	55.6	46.9	13.2	25.9			38.4	5.3		$15,958	$1,977	$13,981
The Academy of Sci & Entrepreneurship	Public	9-12	444 S Patterson Dr	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-2480	77	13	5.9	31.2%	65 (84.4%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (3.9%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.8%)	84.7	35^th of 431 public high schools	91.9%		85	27^th of 398 public high schools	93.2%	8	76.5	47.1																56.0	$19,603	$1,738	$17,865
Bloomington Graduation School	Public	7-12	705 W Coolidge Dr	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7708	100	10	10.0	63.0%	75 (75.0%)	8 (8.0%)	6 (6.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.0%)	18.8	348^th of 431 public high schools	19.3%		12.4	360^th of 398 public high schools	9.5%	12	36.0	4.0																15.0	$16,155	$922	$15,233
Lora L Batchelor Middle School	Public	7-8	900 Gordon Pike	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7763	477	36	13.4	46.8%	361 (75.7%)	25 (5.2%)	37 (7.8%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.2%)	58	201^st of 485 public middle schools	58.6%		59.8	187^th of 489 public middle schools	61.8%	14							34.1	35.2	34.7					34.5	41.3	38.0			$12,859	$1,511	$11,349
Highland Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	900 Park Square Dr	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 825-7673	367	35	10.5	58.0%	250 (68.1%)	46 (12.5%)	26 (7.1%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.5%)	40.6	623^rd of 1010 public elementary schools	38.3%		37.2	664^th of 1016 public elementary schools	34.6%	41			21.7	37.5	28.0	46.0			33.2	28.3	46.9	20.0	40.0			32.6	32.0		$13,568	$1,976	$11,592
Clear Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	300 Clear Creek Dr	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 824-2811	361	30	11.8	51.8%	310 (85.9%)	5 (1.4%)	19 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.2%)	41.6	606^th of 1010 public elementary schools	40.0%		40.4	631^st of 1016 public elementary schools	37.9%	25			31.3	23.5	34.6	40.8			33.3	45.8	29.4	40.4	20.4			34.4	32.7		$11,225	$1,151	$10,074
Marlin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1655 E Bethel Ln	Bloomington	47408	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7750	204	16	12.6	21.6%	189 (92.6%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.4%)	83.9	141^st of 1010 public elementary schools	86.0%		93.7	39^th of 1016 public elementary schools	96.2%	102			70.3	69.0	41.4	81.3			66.1	83.8	79.3	41.4	68.8			69.3	34.5		$13,018	$920	$12,098
Grandview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2300 S Endwright Rd	Bloomington	47403	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 825-3009	389	37	10.4	60.7%	314 (80.7%)	13 (3.3%)	34 (8.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.2%)	31.5	714^th of 1010 public elementary schools	29.3%		35.4	678^th of 1016 public elementary schools	33.3%	36			32.7	20.9	18.8	23.6			24.4	50.9	32.6	29.2	20.0			33.3	29.2		$13,090	$2,340	$10,750
Lakeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9090 S Strain Ridge	Bloomington	47401	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 824-7061	404	25	16.4	33.4%	361 (89.4%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	73.2	261^st of 1010 public elementary schools	74.2%		68.9	314^th of 1016 public elementary schools	69.1%	53			24.0	48.2	51.8	55.2			45.5	54.0	64.3	55.4	56.9			57.7	50.0		$10,609	$989	$9,620
Edgewood Primary School	Public	K-2	7700 W Reeves Rd	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Richland-Bean Blossom C S C	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 876-9600	650	41	15.7	37.5%	587 (90.3%)	7 (1.1%)	17 (2.6%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	29 (4.5%)								(n/a)																			$9,603	$1,131	$8,472
Edgewood Intermediate School	Public	3-5	7600 W Reeves Rd	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Richland-Bean Blossom C S C	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 876-2219	573	38	14.9	40.0%	502 (87.6%)	6 (1.0%)	32 (5.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	68.7	309^th of 1010 public elementary schools	69.4%		70.8	294^th of 1016 public elementary schools	71.1%	15			46.7	48.4	45.0				46.7	64.0	58.6	37.0				53.6	45.3		$9,795	$1,346	$8,449

Cities Near Bloomington

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Unionville	9.56 mi	1	7^th
Bedford	12.54 mi	10	272^nd
Ellettsville	12.79 mi	4	56^th
Nashville	13.72 mi	3	191^st
Springville	14.08 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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