Best Public Schools in Morgantown, IN

Summary:

The city of Morgantown, Indiana is home to a single standout school, Helmsburg Elementary School, which is part of the Brown County School Corporation. This elementary school consistently outperforms district and state averages on ILEARN assessments, ranking 74th out of 1,005 Indiana elementary schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2024-2025 school year.

Helmsburg Elementary School has a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% and a relatively high percentage of students (47.46%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. However, the school is able to achieve strong academic outcomes, likely due to its effective resource allocation, with a relatively high spending of $13,898 per student and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.2 to 1.

While the school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with a dip in the 2022-2023 school year followed by a rebound, the data suggests Helmsburg Elementary School is a standout institution in the Morgantown area, providing a high-quality education to its diverse student population and continuously improving its strategies to maintain academic excellence.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		ILEARN Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Helmsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5378 N Helmsburg School Rd	Morgantown	46160	Brown County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6651	224	17	13.0	49.1%	211 (94.2%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)	90.5	74^th of 1005 public elementary schools	92.6%		85.2	126^th of 1011 public elementary schools	87.5%	52	58.8	72.1	74.1	68.3	64.7	67.4	63.0	65.4	69.8	69.8	70.4	$13,898	$1,174	$12,724

Cities Near Morgantown

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Trafalgar	5.76 mi	4	141^st
Martinsville	6.38 mi	10	196^th
Nineveh	7.99 mi	1	249^th
Bargersville	8.2 mi	3	50^th
Franklin	11.68 mi	9	199^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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