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Best Elementary Schools in Jackson County, IN

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Schools

3,004

Students

Districts

Top rankedCortland Elementary School405^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Brownstown Elementary School up 72 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Emerson Elementary School 13.7 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)				ILEARN Math (2026)				ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	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 (2025)	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	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
Brownstown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	612 S Base Rd	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 358-3680	621	37	16.7	52.5%	585 (94.2%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	50.9	514^th of 1015 public elementary schools	49.4%		43.7	586^th of 1005 public elementary schools	41.7%	72	31.9	35.0	51.9	39.7	50.0	37.5	35.9	40.6	44.2	44.2	53.8	$10,965	$1,407	$9,558
Medora STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	82 S George	Medora	47260	Jackson County	Medora Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 966-2201	90	7	13.8	75.6%	84 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	11.1	920^th of 1015 public elementary schools	9.4%		47.7	543^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	46.0%	377	5.0	25.0		17.5	15.0	33.3		20.0	16.7	16.7		$11,463	$4,504	$6,959
Cortland Elementary School	Public	K-4	6687 N Cr 400 E	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-7483	89	8	10.5	39.3%	86 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	59.2	405^th of 1015 public elementary schools	60.1%		69.7	291^st of 1005 public elementary schools	71.0%	114	41.2	52.2		47.5	52.9	47.8		50.0	43.5	43.5		$14,510	$471	$14,039
Emerson Elementary School	Public	K-4	500 Emerson Dr	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-2596	257	19	13.7	56.4%	153 (59.5%)	6 (2.3%)	77 (30.0%)	13 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	57.8	422^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	58.4%		73.5	253^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	74.8%	169	37.5	36.7		37.0	62.5	56.7		59.3	43.3	43.3		$12,241	$754	$11,486
Margaret R Brown Elementary School	Public	K-4	550 Miller Ln	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5539	499	35	14.3	76.0%	87 (17.4%)	10 (2.0%)	381 (76.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	11	922^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	9.2%		11.2	906^th of 1005 public elementary schools	9.9%	16	9.3	9.2		9.2	24.7	26.5		25.6	23.5	23.5		$11,179	$1,707	$9,471
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	508 B Ave East	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5709	609	40	15.1	63.9%	224 (36.8%)	7 (1.1%)	360 (59.1%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	12.4	895^th of 1015 public elementary schools	11.8%		11.5	904^th of 1005 public elementary schools	10.0%	9	7.3	16.5		11.5	15.6	33.0		23.5	25.3	25.3		$9,707	$1,490	$8,218
Seymour-Redding Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1700 N Ewing St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 522-5621	609	41	14.9	59.3%	342 (56.2%)	19 (3.1%)	218 (35.8%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	15 (2.5%)	27.3	750^th of 1015 public elementary schools	26.1%		31.6	716^th of 1005 public elementary schools	28.8%	34	21.2	21.4		21.3	33.6	48.0		39.6	32.7	32.7		$10,561	$1,359	$9,202
Crothersville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	109 S Preston St	Crothersville	47229	Jackson County	Crothersville Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 793-2622	230	15	15.8	46.5%	210 (91.3%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	25.7	767^th of 1015 public elementary schools	24.4%		23	789^th of 1005 public elementary schools	21.5%	22	42.9	22.7	27.9	30.2	61.9	22.7	16.3	29.1	13.6	13.6	23.3	$10,763	$1,291	$9,473

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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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