Best Public Schools in Roanoke, IN

Roanoke, Indiana is served by two schools — Lafayette Meadow School (grades K–5, 604 students) and Roanoke Elementary School (grades PK–5, 402 students) — and both are elementary schools, with no middle or high schools in the city list. The two draw from districts with very different statewide standings: MSD Southwest Allen County Schls ranks 32nd of 374 districts (91st percentile, 5 stars), while Huntington County Com School Corp ranks 160th of 374 (57th percentile, 3 stars).

Lafayette Meadow is the stronger school in absolute terms. It ranks 78th of 1,015 schools statewide for 2025–2026 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), up from 157th the year before. All-grade proficiency is 64.81% in ELA and 72.13% in math, and it beats the state at every grade level reported. Chronic absenteeism is a remarkable 0.3%, compared with 0.7% in its district and 16.7% statewide. Its narrow soft spot is 4th-grade ELA at 53.06%, below its district’s 58.64% but still above the state’s 42.2%. Per-student spending is $11,116.

Roanoke Elementary ranks 271st of 1,015 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) — lower than Lafayette Meadow, but well above its own district and outpacing that district in every all-grade subject: math 60.93% versus 39.47% (21.46 points higher), ELA 45.12% versus 35.37%, and science 55.38% versus 42.45%. Its math is above the state at every grade level; the only below-state result was 5th-grade ELA at 40.54% versus 42.2%. Chronic absenteeism is 10.4%, better than its district’s 14.8% and the state’s 16.7%. Spending is $9,418 with a student-teacher ratio of 14.2. In short, Lafayette Meadow pairs top-decile scores with exceptional attendance, while Roanoke Elementary consistently lifts students above its district’s averages.