Summary:
Ladoga, Indiana is home to a single school: Ladoga Elementary School, a PK–5 elementary with 182 students in the South Montgomery Com School Corp. Because the city has one elementary school and no middle or high schools, students likely move elsewhere in the district after fifth grade. That means parents here are weighing one school rather than choosing among several, and the most useful comparisons are against district and state averages.
The good news: by nearly every measure, this school performs well above both. It ranked 96th of 1005 Indiana schools in 2024–25 (90th percentile, 5 stars), and has stayed in the top 10–15% of the state for three straight years, while its district ranks 64th of 374 (83rd percentile). Math is a clear strength — all grades hit 72.22% proficiency, 15.70 points above the district, and 5th grade reached 80.77%, roughly double the state's 42.0%. Fifth grade stood out across the board, scoring 80.77% in ELA, math, and social studies, each far above state results. Chronic absenteeism is 11.7%, below the district's 13.3% and the state's 16.7%. Context matters too: 50.55% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 20.9:1.
A couple of areas are worth watching. Third grade ELA came in at 41.94% — 7.01 points below the district and only slightly above the state — so early reading is the relative weak spot. Science also fell sharply, from 87.5% to 46.67% in one year, though fourth graders still slightly beat district and state, and with classes of roughly 26–31 students a handful of kids can swing a percentage dramatically. Overall, this is a strong, above-state school.
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