Summary:
Bremen, Indiana is served by two public schools in the Bremen Public Schools district: Bremen Elementary/Middle School, covering grades PK–8 with 1,015 students, and Bremen Senior High School, serving grades 9–12 with 482 students. Combined enrollment is 1,497. There is no standalone middle school and no alternative school, so the elementary building also houses the middle grades. District-wide, Bremen Public Schools ranks 119 of 374 Indiana districts, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars.
Bremen Senior High School is the academic standout, holding 4 stars and a 74th percentile ranking, with a 96.2% graduation rate against the state's 89.7%. Its SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing score of 60.19% also sits above the state's 51.9%. The warning sign is math: SAT Math fell from 38.94% in 2024–2025 — well above the state's 25.4% — to 21.3%, below the state's 25.6%. The high school also records 17.5% chronic absenteeism, above the district's 12.8% and the state's 16.7%, and it spends about 20.9% more per student ($11,706 vs $9,681) with a slightly lower student-teacher ratio (14.8 vs 15.9).
Bremen Elementary/Middle School stands out for attendance: 10.6% chronic absenteeism, lower than the district's 12.8% and the state's 16.7%, despite a free/reduced lunch rate of 51.92%. Its early grades perform well — 3rd grade math at 61.11% and 4th grade ELA at 50.93%, both above state — but grades 5 through 8 ELA all fall below state, with 7th grade at 30.09% against 41.7%. Math is generally stronger than ELA (45.87% vs 37.71% across all grades). Both schools have slipped in rank percentile over three years: the high school from 89th to 83rd to 74th, and the elementary/middle from 67th to 63rd to 56th.
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