Best Public Schools in Boone Grove, IN

Boone Grove, Indiana has two public schools — Boone Grove Elementary School serving grades 4–5 and Boone Grove Middle School serving grades 6–8 — both part of the Porter Township School Corp, a 4-star district ranked 52nd of 374 Indiana districts (86th percentile). The two schools share the same address and together enroll 490 students. No high school is included in this data set, so the picture covers grades 4–8 only.

The two schools have complementary strengths. The middle school is the higher ranked of the two — 81st of 486 middle schools, 83rd percentile, 4 stars — and has climbed from a 3-star, 69th-percentile standing two years earlier. Its standout is English language arts, where 7th and 8th graders score more than 20 points above the state average. The elementary school ranks 310th of 1,015 (69th percentile, 3 stars), down from 4 stars in each of the two prior years, yet it performs well in math, science, and social studies, with elementary math and science both above district and state averages. Its chronic absenteeism of 6.5% is the lowest in the data set, below the district's 8.2% and far below the state's 16.7%; the middle school's 11.2% is also below state but above the district.

For parents comparing the two, the trade-offs matter. Middle-school math (42.67%) trails the district (51.44%) even though every middle-grade math score still beats the state average. Elementary ELA (43.22%) trails the district (53.3%), with 4th-grade ELA slightly below state while 5th grade is above. Science fell year over year at both schools and across the district, an area worth watching. The middle school also spends more per student ($11,545 vs $10,370) and has smaller classes (14.2 vs 17.2 students per teacher), though the data does not establish a link between resources and results.