Best Public Schools in Middlebury, IN

Middlebury, Indiana is home to five schools serving about 3,424 students in grades K–12, all part of Middlebury Community Schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with no alternative schools. Northridge High School is by far the largest at 1,331 students (grades 9–12), while Middlebury Elementary School is the smallest at 211. The two K–3 elementaries, Orchard View School and Middlebury Elementary, feed Heritage Intermediate School for grades 4–5, then Northridge Middle School and the high school.

Middlebury Elementary School posts the strongest current results in the group — 2025–26 3rd grade ELA at 74.55% and Math at 81.82%, far above the state's 40.8% and 51.9% — despite having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (41.23%), the highest per-student spending ($13,447) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.1:1). Orchard View School is close behind (67.47% ELA, 77.11% Math) and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.1%, less than half the state rate. Both K–3 schools help lift district all-grade averages.

Heritage Intermediate School is the clearest turnaround, moving from 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–24 to 83rd percentile and 4 stars in 2025–26, with all-grade ELA, Math and Science now above district. Northridge High School improved to 56 of 415 (87th percentile, 4 stars), with a 98.8% graduation rate and SAT scores above state, though its chronic absenteeism of 18.8% is the highest in the group. Northridge Middle School holds a strong 4-star rank (92 of 486) and grade-level scores well above state — 8th grade Math at 59.27% vs 34.2% — even though its all-grade averages sit below the district's, partly because the district's elementary schools perform so well. Attendance is strongest in the early grades, and all three schools with recent rankings earned 4 stars.