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Best Public Schools in Lawrence County, IN

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At a glance

Schools

5,502

Students

Districts

Top rankedParkview Elementary School177^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lawrence County Independent Schools up 127 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Springville Community Academy 10.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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)	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	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lawrence County Independent Schools	Public, Charter	K-8	223 Old Farm Road	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	Lawrence County Independent Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(812) 277-9803	205	15	13.6	63.4%	186 (90.7%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.4%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	37.6	644^th of 1015 public elementary schools	36.6%		25.5	771^st of 1005 public elementary schools	23.3%	127			21.1	42.9	23.5	23.5	36.4	16.7	28.9	57.9	46.4	23.5	17.7	18.2	8.3	32.7	42.9	23.5	35.6	29.4		$14,437	$4,483	$9,954
Burris Elementary School	Public	3-5	1755 Hancock Ave	Mitchell	47446	Lawrence County	Mitchell Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 849-2509	320	23	13.7	64.4%	307 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	31.9	702^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	30.8%		37.3	648^th of 1005 public elementary schools	35.5%	54			38.9	18.0	31.0				29.0	53.1	24.6	28.3				35.3	27.1		27.1	37.4		$32,630	$1,980	$30,650
Hatfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1081 Teke Burton Dr	Mitchell	47446	Lawrence County	Mitchell Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 849-3834	396	31	12.6	58.8%	368 (92.9%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)								(n/a)																						$31,546	$3,168	$28,377
Mitchell High School	Public	9-12	1000 Bishop Blvd	Mitchell	47446	Lawrence County	Mitchell Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 849-3663	424	32	13.0	61.6%	394 (92.9%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	37.5	269^th of 415 public high schools	35.2%		32.4	299^th of 429 public high schools	30.3%	30	43.6	9.6																			44.6	$31,163	$663	$30,500
Mitchell Junior High School	Public	6-8	1010 Bishop Blvd	Mitchell	47446	Lawrence County	Mitchell Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 849-3747	336	28	12.0	67.0%	314 (93.5%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	23.6	370^th of 486 public middle schools	23.9%		21	376^th of 480 public middle schools	21.7%	6						27.4	26.4	19.8	24.5				27.4	15.5	10.4	17.7		23.6	23.6			$39,480	$2,046	$37,435
Bedford Middle School	Public	7-8	1501 'N' St	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 279-9781	518	32	16.0	59.1%	461 (89.0%)	3 (0.6%)	24 (4.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	48.5	241^st of 486 public middle schools	50.4%		46.5	258^th of 480 public middle schools	46.3%	17							27.3	36.4	32.2					31.5	36.1	33.9						$10,205	$1,271	$8,934
Bedford-North Lawrence High School	Public	9-12	595 N Stars Blvd	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 279-9756	1,268	73	17.2	53.6%	1,169 (92.2%)	9 (0.7%)	40 (3.2%)	18 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (2.5%)	54.4	161^st of 415 public high schools	61.2%		52.5	191^st of 429 public high schools	55.5%	30	49.0	23.7																			44.8	$11,194	$1,194	$10,000
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-6	2014 'F' St	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 275-6311	307	21	14.6	74.9%	276 (89.9%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	37.3	645^th of 1015 public elementary schools	36.5%		38.6	636^th of 1005 public elementary schools	36.7%	9			37.5	42.6	8.9	16.2			27.6	51.8	61.7	11.1	18.9			37.8	46.8	29.7	39.3	13.6		$10,900	$1,655	$9,245
North Lawrence Career Center	Public	6-12	258 BNL Dr	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 279-3561	0	23	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																						$00
Dollens Elementary	Public	K-6	903 Hoosier Ave	Oolitic	47451	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 275-3885	217	21	10.3	65.0%	199 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	37	651^st of 1015 public elementary schools	35.9%		32.5	702^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	30.1%	51			41.9	26.7	29.0	27.0			31.0	32.3	43.3	16.1	37.8			32.6	33.3	40.5	37.3	32.3		$14,053	$1,512	$12,541
Shawswick Elementary School	Public	K-6	71 Shawswick School Rd	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 279-3115	507	32	15.6	59.4%	471 (92.9%)	4 (0.8%)	18 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	31.7	703^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	30.7%		36.8	659^th of 1005 public elementary schools	34.4%	44			30.0	27.0	12.7	24.6			24.1	51.3	43.2	4.7	36.9			35.3	33.8	36.9	35.3	11.5		$10,737	$1,401	$9,337
Parkview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2024 W 16th St	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 275-3301	528	43	12.1	71.2%	476 (90.2%)	5 (0.9%)	19 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	80.4	177^th of 1015 public elementary schools	82.6%		73.8	248^th of 1005 public elementary schools	75.3%	71			50.0	46.2	42.2	54.3			48.3	69.7	70.3	52.4	61.4			63.5	62.5	61.4	61.9	64.1		$12,312	$2,129	$10,183
Needmore Elementary School	Public	K-6	278 Trogdon Lane	Bedford	47421	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 279-2192	223	17	13.0	60.5%	201 (90.1%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.1%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	56.4	436^th of 1015 public elementary schools	57.0%		62.6	368^th of 1005 public elementary schools	63.4%	68			28.2	27.8	37.0	57.1			37.2	59.0	47.2	22.2	45.7			45.3	44.4	54.3	49.3	55.6		$12,441	$1,920	$10,521
Springville Community Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	126 Brick Street	Springville	47462	Lawrence County	Springville Community Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(812) 508-6078	253	25	10.1	39.1%	246 (97.2%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	53.5	481^st of 1015 public elementary schools	52.6%		56	447^th of 1005 public elementary schools	55.5%	34			44.8	35.0	38.1	25.0	38.5	40.0	37.7	58.6	35.0	57.1	25.0	42.3	60.0	46.7	45.0	18.8	33.3	81.0		$12,317	$3,104	$9,213

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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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