Best Public Schools in Albion, IN

Albion, Indiana is home to two schools — Central Noble Elementary School (grades 2-4, enrollment 247) and Central Noble Junior Senior High School (grades 5-12, enrollment 610) — both part of the Central Noble Com School Corp, which is ranked 225 of 374 districts at the 40th percentile with 2 stars. There is no separate middle school in the area; the junior-senior high absorbs grades 5-8 alongside its high school grades.

The elementary school is the academic bright spot, especially in math. Its All Grades ILEARN math proficiency of 52.80% sits well above the district's 37.07%, and it jumped from 36.76% the prior year — a gain of about 16 percentage points. At the grade level, 3rd grade math matched the state exactly at 51.9%, and 4th grade math was 53.66% against the state's 52%. Reading is a different story there: 3rd grade ELA was 32.91% versus the state's 40.8%, and 4th grade ELA was 29.27% versus 42.2%. Notably, the elementary school serves a higher share of students from low-income backgrounds (50.61% free/reduced lunch) than the high school (43.93%).

The junior-senior high stands out for completion and attendance rather than test scores. Its graduation rate is 94.9% compared with the state's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism is 6.4% — lower than the district's 7.6% and less than half the state's 16.7%. Yet proficiency lags: All Grades math was 29.59% (below the district's 37.07%), SAT math was 12.22% versus the state's 25.6%, and SAT ERW was 42.22% versus 51.9%. Middle-grade gaps are wide too, including 5th grade ELA at 20.24% versus 42.2% and 5th grade social studies at 30.12% versus 47.2%. Rank history reflects the divergence: the high school moved from 3 stars and 55th percentile in 2023-2024 down to 2 stars and 43rd percentile, while the elementary school climbed from 33rd to 45th percentile, still at 2 stars. Resources are similar, with per-student spending of $12,711 and $12,128 respectively.