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Schools in Pendleton, IN

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At a glance

Schools

4,670

Students

Top rankedPendleton Heights High School43^rd of 415 Indiana high schools

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Biggest riser

Maple Ridge Elementary School up 47 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pendleton Elementary School 17.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

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Summary:

Pendleton, Indiana is a small, single-district city served by five public schools — three elementary (PK–6), one middle (7–8), and one high school (9–12) — all part of South Madison Com School Corp, which ranks 43rd of 374 Indiana districts and enrolls 4,670 students. Every school earned 4 stars in each of the last three years, and three of the five reached their highest statewide percentile in 2025–26.

All three elementaries — East Elementary School, Maple Ridge Elementary School, and Pendleton Elementary School — beat the state average in all 21 grade-level comparisons. East Elementary is the most consistent, above the district average in ELA, math, and science, with the city's best 5th-grade social studies (65.09) and 3rd-grade ELA (64.81) — on the lowest elementary spending ($9,860). Maple Ridge carries the highest poverty indicator in the city (45.8% free/reduced lunch) and the second-lowest elementary spending, yet ties for the best elementary math score (60.75) and posts the top non-high-school result in the data set: 84.13 in 3rd-grade math. Pendleton Elementary has the smallest classes (17.6 students per teacher) and the highest spending ($10,531), plus the best all-grades science score (53.91) and a rank climb from 244th to 198th.

At the top of the system, Pendleton Heights Middle School reports chronic absenteeism of just 1.4%, against 7.7% for the district and 16.7% statewide — the most extreme figure in the data — yet it is the only Pendleton school below district in both all-grades ELA (47.71) and math (45.21). Elementary math proficiency also fades as grades rise, from an average of 76.4% in 3rd grade to 46.8% in 6th. Pendleton Heights High School ranks 43rd of 415 Indiana high schools (90th percentile) and graduates 99.1% of students, and its Biology proficiency jumped 27.6 points to 84.34, even as SAT ERW and SAT Math declined — both still above state averages.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Maple Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	8537 S Cr 650 W	Pendleton	46064	Madison County	South Madison Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 778-3818	858	44	19.6	45.8%	623 (72.6%)	38 (4.4%)	108 (12.6%)	34 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.2%)	75.6	229^th of 1015 public elementary schools	77.4%		71	276^th of 1005 public elementary schools	72.5%	47			56.4	52.3	51.9	43.2			50.6	84.1	65.6	49.1	44.8			60.8	50.8	44.1	47.3	61.1		92.3%		$9,944	$387	$9,557
Pendleton Heights High School	Public	9-12	One Arabian Dr	Pendleton	46064	Madison County	South Madison Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 778-2161	1,502	66	22.9	29.0%	1,281 (85.3%)	45 (3.0%)	102 (6.8%)	16 (1.1%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (3.7%)	80.3	43^rd of 415 public high schools	89.6%		76.7	55^th of 429 public high schools	87.2%	12	54.7	30.0																			84.3			$9,479	$151	$9,329
Pendleton Heights Middle School	Public	7-8	7450 S 300 W	Pendleton	46064	Madison County	South Madison Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 778-2139	730	35	21.1	37.4%	612 (83.8%)	23 (3.2%)	49 (6.7%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.7%)	76.1	97^th of 486 public middle schools	80.0%		79.9	82^nd of 480 public middle schools	82.9%	15							42.3	53.0	47.7					45.2	45.2	45.2								$9,802	$195	$9,607
Pendleton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	327 S East St	Pendleton	46064	Madison County	South Madison Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 778-2117	893	51	17.6	38.2%	788 (88.2%)	13 (1.5%)	56 (6.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	78.8	198^th of 1015 public elementary schools	80.5%		74	244^th of 1005 public elementary schools	75.7%	46			63.3	54.7	51.2	47.7			54.2	76.6	68.8	54.5	43.0			60.8	60.9	46.9	53.9	52.9		95.8%		$10,531	$233	$10,298
East Elementary School	Public	K-6	893 E Us 36	Pendleton	46064	Madison County	South Madison Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 779-4445	687	38	18.2	39.3%	636 (92.6%)	5 (0.7%)	17 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.8%)	78.8	200^th of 1015 public elementary schools	80.3%		80.9	174^th of 1005 public elementary schools	82.7%	26			64.8	51.0	49.1	51.6			54.3	68.5	60.8	49.1	52.6			57.9	54.9	49.5	52.3	65.1		92.7%		$9,860	$431	$9,430

Cities Near Pendleton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fishers	5.85 mi	21	20^th
Anderson	6.05 mi	12	388^th
Lapel	6.12 mi	3	146^th
Greenfield	6.14 mi	9	149^th
Fortville	7.1 mi	5	118^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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