Best Elementary Schools in Indiana

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the ILEARN test scores by the Indiana Department of Education. The most recent update was on Saturday, July 20, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Indiana schools were revised on October 21^st after the IN Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 iLEARN Biology scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1010)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
180381000604	421	Frontier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	811 S Railroad	Brookston	47923	White County	Frontier School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 984-5438	380	29	13.3	39.2%	361 (95.0%)	5 (1.3%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$11,741			$631			$11,110	59.5	72.3	272	149
180876001141	422	Meadow's Edge Elementary School	Public	K-5	16333 Kern Rd	Mishawaka	46544	St. Joseph County	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 255-9347	426	25	16.8	56.1%	255 (59.9%)	53 (12.4%)	51 (12.0%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (14.1%)	$8,920			$842			$8,078	59.1	53.5	498	76
180363000570	423	Weisser Park Elementary School	Public, Magnet	1-5	902 Colerick St	Fort Wayne	46806	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(260) 467-8875	591	36	16.4	56.9%	235 (39.8%)	204 (34.5%)	108 (18.3%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (5.8%)	$12,020			$2,065			$9,955	58.9	61.4	400	23
180009902497	424	Rock Creek Community Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8000 Diefenbach Ln	Sellersburg	47172	Clark County	Rock Creek Community Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(812) 246-9271	661	42	15.7	38.3%	479 (72.5%)	80 (12.1%)	33 (5.0%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (9.4%)	$7,148			$629			$6,519	58.9	47	571	147
180006502415	425	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4093 W US Hwy 20	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 878-8711	246	11	22.3	37.4%	181 (73.6%)	16 (6.5%)	28 (11.4%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.3%)	$8,478			$873			$7,605	58.8	57.6	448	23
180393000652	426	Chamberlain Elementary School	Public	K-4	428 N 5th St	Goshen	46528	Elkhart County	Goshen Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 534-2691	261	21	12.6	82.0%	91 (34.9%)	7 (2.7%)	147 (56.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	$13,655			$1,765			$11,890	58.7	64.6	361	65
180297000394	427	Wayne Center Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1231 E Appleman Rd	Kendallville	46755	Noble County	East Noble School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(260) 347-2548	328	25	12.9	46.3%	301 (91.8%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$9,664			$540			$9,124	58.6	57.2	454	27
180558001010	428	Hailmann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1001 E Ohio St	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	LaPorte Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 362-2080	343	22	15.5	73.8%	206 (60.1%)	5 (1.5%)	99 (28.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.3%)	$8,944			$734			$8,210	58.6	59.9	415	13
180975001594	429	Milroy Elementary School	Public	K-6	215 N Pleasant St	Milroy	46156	Rush County	Rush County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 629-2323	151	13	11.3	62.3%	141 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$11,559			$1,064			$10,495	58.5	49.8	542	113
181242001994	430	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-6	203 N Lincoln St	Warsaw	46580	Kosciusko County	Warsaw Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 267-7474	457	32	14.2	52.3%	319 (69.8%)	11 (2.4%)	104 (22.8%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$9,053			$763			$8,290	58.4	58.9	436	6

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ILEARN English Language Arts, ILEARN Math, ILEARN Social Studies test scores released by the Indiana Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Indiana Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Indiana Department of Education.
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