Best Public Schools in Monon, IN

Monon, Indiana is a small city served by three public schools, all within the North White School Corp district, covering kindergarten through 12th grade with roughly 904 students in total. North White Elementary School serves K–5 with 435 students, North White Middle School serves grades 6–8 with 197 students, and North White High School serves grades 9–12 with 272 students. There are no alternative schools here. The district ranks 335th of 374 Indiana districts — about the 10th percentile — with a 1-star rating, so all three schools sit in the bottom fifth of state rankings.

North White Elementary School is the relative bright spot: chronic absenteeism of 8.5% is about half the district's 17.8% and the state's 16.7%, and its Math All Grades proficiency of 30.93% far exceeds the district's 19.33%. Its 3rd grade math (46.05%) is the closest any Monon grade comes to the state benchmark (51.9%). North White High School has a 95.0% graduation rate, above the state's 89.7%, and an improving SAT ERW score of 37.5%, but SAT Math is only 5.36% versus the state's 25.6%, and absenteeism is 29.6%. North White Middle School is the weakest link: 0 stars, Math All Grades at 7.73%, and grade-level math of 7.58%, 9.84%, and 5.97% against state rates of 40.2%, 35.9%, and 34.2%.

Across the district, ELA is a consistent weakness, with elementary and middle school both near 15–16% proficiency. Attendance worsens as grades rise: 8.5% at the elementary, 22.6% at the middle, and 29.6% at the high school. Resource allocation also varies widely — the high school spends $17,248 per student versus $8,124 at the middle school, which also has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 82.74%.