Summary:
Lebanon, Indiana is served by six schools — four elementary schools (grades K–5), one middle school (grades 6–8), and one high school (grades 9–12) — all in Lebanon Community School Corp, enrolling 3,701 students in total, with the elementary schools enrolling about 48%, the middle school about 23%, and the high school about 29%. The district ranks 150th of 374 Indiana districts (60th percentile) with 3 stars, but that single district rating masks large differences between individual campuses.
Central Elementary School posts the strongest overall elementary results: the highest math proficiency (57.01%), the highest 5th-grade social studies score (57.53%), the lowest chronic absenteeism (7.1%) and the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (29.79%) in the city, though its rank percentile has slipped from 90 to 70 over three years. Perry Worth Elementary School is the biggest improver, rising from the 43rd to the 65th percentile, with the top elementary ELA score (49.08%) and a standout 3rd-grade math result of 69.7%. Harney Elementary School also improved steadily (49 → 59) while spending among the least ($9,915 per student). At the other end, Hattie B Stokes Elementary School is the only 1-star school and the lowest ranked at the 28th percentile, despite the highest per-student spending ($14,420) and smallest classes.
At the secondary level, Lebanon Middle School struggles most in English/language arts, where its all-grade score of 31.84% falls below the district's 36.92% and roughly 10 points below the state in grades 6, 7, and 8. Lebanon Senior High School has a bright spot in its 96.2% graduation rate, well above the state's 89.7%, and SAT reading/writing above state (52.82% vs. 51.9%), but SAT math is below state (20.16% vs. 25.6%) and chronic absenteeism is high at 20.9%.
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