The Hoosier State has plenty of excellent school districts located in some great, family-friendly communities. Interestingly, children in Indiana don’t have to enter school until the age of seven, but when they do begin classes, they are sure to be well-served by the districts on this list.

Indiana’s best school district is Carmel Clay School Corporation, a system of 15 schools serving Carmel and Clay Township, IN. The district’s high level of achievement has resulted in AdvancED accreditation, and a number of Blue Ribbon School awards for its elementary schools.

The second position in the ranking belongs to West Lafayette Community School Corporation, a smaller system of three schools serving West Lafayette, IN. Remarkably, WLCSC is ranked nationally in the top 1% for sTEM Education.

Third place belongs to Zionsville Community School Corporation, which serves Zionsville, IN, a northwestern suburb of Indianapolis. The district began the “Strong in Every Way” program in 2016 to provide ZCS students in need with adult mentors as a means of encouragement and in order to help develop their non-cognitive skills.

Ranked fourth is the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation, serving the communities of Fishers and Noblesville, IN. One of its schools, Geist Elementary School, was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2016.

Closing out the top five is Brownsburg Community School Corporation, located in Brownsburg, IN. BCSC students excel in state test scores, with 88% of students achieving proficiency in math, and 86% hitting the mark in reading.

Top School Districts in Indiana, 2018

State RankSchool DistrictState
1Carmel Clay SchoolsIndiana
2West Lafayette Com School CorpIndiana
3Zionsville Community SchoolsIndiana
4Hamilton Southeastern SchoolsIndiana
5Brownsburg Community Sch CorpIndiana
6Southeast Dubois Co Sch CorpIndiana
7North West Hendricks SchoolsIndiana
8Noblesville SchoolsIndiana
9North Spencer County Sch CorpIndiana
10Penn-Harris-Madison Sch CorpIndiana
11Plainfield Community Sch CorpIndiana
12M S D Southwest Allen County SchlsIndiana
13Center Grove Com Sch CorpIndiana
14Westfield-Washington SchoolsIndiana
15Fairfield Community SchoolsIndiana
16Avon Community School CorpIndiana
17East Porter County School CorpIndiana
18Valparaiso Community SchoolsIndiana
19School Town Of MunsterIndiana
20Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson UnitedIndiana
21Mill Creek Community Sch CorpIndiana
22Crown Point Community Sch CorpIndiana
23Franklin Township Com Sch CorpIndiana
24Warrick County School CorpIndiana
25Northwest Allen County SchoolsIndiana
26Clark-Pleasant Com School CorpIndiana
27M S D Boone TownshipIndiana
28Northeast Dubois Co Sch CorpIndiana
29Hamilton Heights School CorpIndiana
30Wa-Nee Community SchoolsIndiana
31Greater Jasper Con SchsIndiana
32Shelbyville Central SchoolsIndiana
33Duneland School CorporationIndiana
34Rossville Con School DistrictIndiana
35Greenwood Community Sch CorpIndiana
36Lake Central School CorpIndiana
37Danville Community School CorpIndiana
38Western School CorpIndiana
39Monroe County Com Sch CorpIndiana
40Barr-Reeve Com Schools IncIndiana
41Southern Hancock Co Com Sch CorpIndiana
42Batesville Community Sch CorpIndiana
43Greenfield-Central Com SchoolsIndiana
44North Harrison Com School CorpIndiana
45Whitley Co Cons SchoolsIndiana
46Northern Wells Com SchoolsIndiana
47Yorktown Community SchoolsIndiana
48Lanesville Community School CorpIndiana
49Middlebury Community SchoolsIndiana
50Union Township School CorpIndiana
51South Central Com School CorpIndiana
52Southwest Dubois Co Sch CorpIndiana
53Warsaw Community SchoolsIndiana
54Greensburg Community SchoolsIndiana
55Tell City-Troy Twp School CorpIndiana
56Porter Township School CorpIndiana
57Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch CorpIndiana
58Northwestern Con School CorpIndiana
59South Madison Com Sch CorpIndiana
60M S D North Posey Co SchoolsIndiana
61Tri-Creek School CorporationIndiana
62Lebanon Community School CorpIndiana
63M S D Mount VernonIndiana
64Springs Valley Com School CorpIndiana
65Covington Community Sch CorpIndiana
66Portage Township SchoolsIndiana
67Tippecanoe School CorpIndiana
68Centerville-Abington Com SchsIndiana
69Laporte Community School CorpIndiana
70South Montgomery Com Sch CorpIndiana
71Westview School CorporationIndiana
72South Spencer County Sch CorpIndiana
73South Gibson School CorpIndiana
74Smith-Green Community SchoolsIndiana
75North Daviess Com SchoolsIndiana
76South Knox School CorpIndiana
77Delphi Community School CorpIndiana
78Mooresville Con School CorpIndiana
79Dekalb Co Ctl United Sch DistIndiana
80Clinton Central School CorpIndiana
81School Town Of HighlandIndiana
82Mt Vernon Community Sch CorpIndiana
83Brownstown Cnt Com Sch CorpIndiana
84M S D Warren CountyIndiana
85Kankakee Valley School CorpIndiana
86Delaware Community School CorpIndiana
87Huntington Co Com Sch CorpIndiana
88New Prairie United School CorpIndiana
89Eastbrook Community Sch CorpIndiana
90Eminence Community School CorpIndiana
91Hanover Community School CorpIndiana
92Southern Wells Com SchoolsIndiana
93New Albany-Floyd Co Con SchIndiana
94Eastern Howard School CorpIndiana
95Franklin Community School CorpIndiana
96Manchester Community SchoolsIndiana
97Brown County School CorporationIndiana
98Daleville Community SchoolsIndiana
99White River Valley Sch DistIndiana
100Bartholomew Con School CorpIndiana

Methodology

The following contributed to the ranking: student performance (math and reading test scores), dropout rates, school funding, and area poverty rates. Data was collected from a total of 9,577 school districts.

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