Summary:
Lyons, Indiana is served by just one public school in this data — White River Valley Middle School, a grades 6–8 school with 151 students in the White River Valley School District — so the city’s profile is entirely a middle-school profile, with no elementary, high school, or alternative schools listed.
Because there is only one school, it is the standout by default, but its results are genuinely strong. Its 2025–2026 ranking is 143 of 486 Indiana middle schools (71st percentile, 4 stars), up from 228 of 480 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 and 171 of 491 (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024. That 4-star rating stands out against the district’s 2-star rating (ranked 195 of 374). Science is a clear strength: 56% proficient in 6th grade versus 41.2% statewide, and 56% across all grades versus 52.53% for the district. Sixth-grade math is also notably high at 60% versus 40.2% statewide, and ELA across all grades climbed from 31.97% to 42.65%, moving from below the district to above it.
Results vary a lot by grade. Eighth-grade math is the weakest spot at 25.64% proficient, below the state’s 34.2%, and 6th-grade ELA at 38% trails the state’s 41.3%. Math overall (42.96%) sits slightly below the district (43.88%). More than half of students (54.3%) qualify for free/reduced lunch, spending is $12,626 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 12:1. Chronic absenteeism is 15.6%, better than the state’s 16.7% but slightly above the district’s 15.1%. Overall, this is a small, improving school with notable science and 6th-grade math results and clear room to grow in 8th-grade math.
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