Best Public Schools in Chalmers, IN

Summary:

The city of Chalmers, Indiana has one public high school, Frontier Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 and is part of the Frontier School Corporation. The school has an enrollment of 281 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11:1, suggesting a relatively low class size. Frontier Junior-Senior High School's performance on standardized tests is generally above the district average, but with some mixed results compared to state averages.

In the 2024-2025 school year, Frontier Junior-Senior High School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math were 44.79% and 45.83% respectively, compared to district averages of 42.11% and 44.41%. The school's 7th and 8th grade ELA and Math proficiency rates were also higher than the state averages. However, the school's 11th grade SAT Math proficiency rate was only 11.9%, which is quite low compared to the district average. The school's four-year graduation rate of 88.4% is commendable, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% is relatively high, which could be a contributing factor to its fluctuating statewide ranking.

With a spending per student of $13,940, Frontier Junior-Senior High School appears to be well-funded, which may contribute to its overall performance. The school's ranking within the state has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from a 4-star rating in 2023-2024 to a 2-star rating in 2024-2025. Overall, Frontier Junior-Senior High School seems to be a reasonably performing school within its district, with some areas of strength and some areas that could benefit from further improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)			ILEARN Math (2025)			ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frontier Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	109 N Sixth St	Chalmers	47929	White County	Frontier School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 984-5437	270	24	11.2	30.7%	254 (94.1%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	43.4	236^th of 429 public high schools	45.0%		62.5	121^st of 432 public high schools	72.0%	115	54.8	11.9	48.7	42.4	44.8	56.8	39.0	45.8	38.1	$13,940	$728	$13,212

Cities Near Chalmers

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brookston	4.53 mi	1	194^th
Monticello	7.18 mi	4	287^th
Battle Ground	10.45 mi	1	98^th
West Lafayette	11.2 mi	8	14^th
Delphi	11.59 mi	3	281^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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