Best Public Schools in Chalmers, IN

Chalmers, Indiana has just one school in this data set: Frontier Junior-Senior High School, a grades 7–12 high school with 270 students, part of the Frontier School Corporation. Because it is the city's only school, this is a single-school profile rather than a comparison among campuses. It is currently ranked 72nd out of 415 Indiana schools — the 83rd percentile, with 4 stars — and its district ranks 84th of 374, also 4 stars.

Its clearest strengths are completion and attendance. The graduation rate is 97.5%, comfortably above Indiana's 89.7%, and chronic absenteeism is 6.7%, well below the district's 11.4% and the state's 16.7%. English language arts is a consistent bright spot: all-grades ILEARN ELA rose from 44.79% to 52.33% year over year, 7th grade ELA was 51.02% against a state figure of 41.7%, 8th grade ELA was 54.05% against 44%, and SAT ERW was 58.7% against 51.9%.

Math is more uneven. All-grades ILEARN math slipped from 45.83% to 38.37%; 7th grade math was 34.69%, slightly under the state's 35.9%, while 8th grade math was 43.24% against 34.2%. SAT math jumped from 11.9% to 41.3%, far above the state's 25.6%. Biology improved from 38.1% (below the state's 45.6%) to 48.44%. Rankings have swung sharply too: 121 of 432 with 4 stars, then 236 of 429 with 2 stars, then 72 of 415 with 4 stars. With 270 students, small cohorts can move results considerably. Context: 30.74% free/reduced lunch, $13,940 per-student spending, and an 11.2 student-teacher ratio.