Summary:
Wakarusa, Indiana has three schools in this data set — two elementary schools and one middle school covering kindergarten through eighth grade, with no high school or alternative school listed — enrolling 1,304 students combined. They come from two districts: Wa-Nee Community Schools (ranked 17th of 374 Indiana districts, 95th percentile, 5 stars), which runs North Wood Middle School and Wakarusa Elementary School, and Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp (34th of 374, 91st percentile, 5 stars), which runs Madison Elementary School. All three are 5-star schools for 2025-26, and every reported grade-level test score beats the state average for its subject and grade.
Wakarusa Elementary School is the academic leader, with the highest all-grades proficiency in English/language arts (71.96%), math (78.68%), and science (66.27%), and a statewide rank of 35 of 1,015 elementary schools (97th percentile). Madison Elementary School is the most improved, climbing from 274th to 214th to 80th of 1,015 (92nd percentile) and from 4 stars to 5. North Wood Middle School ranks 34 of 486 middle schools (93rd percentile) and has held 5 stars for three years; its grade-level scores are far above state (8th-grade ELA 70.94% vs 44.0%), though its all-grades results trail the two elementaries and sit slightly below its district averages.
Absenteeism is a shared strength: Wakarusa Elementary School at 5.1% and Madison Elementary School at 5.7% are roughly a third of Indiana's 16.7%, and North Wood Middle School at 10.6% still beats district and state. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar (about 33% to 38%). Notably, Wakarusa Elementary spends the least per student ($9,885) with the largest classes (ratio 16.6) yet posts the strongest proficiency, while Madison spends the most ($12,871) with the smallest classes (10.6).
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