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Best Public Schools in Madison County, IN

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Schools

18,047

Students

Districts

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

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Biggest riser

Lapel Middle School up 89 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Highland Middle School 11.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Anderson Intermediate School

SchoolDigger ratings

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6 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
Anderson Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 West 29th Street	Anderson	46016	Madison County	Anderson Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(765) 649-8472	777	64	12.1	65.4%	315 (40.5%)	211 (27.2%)	144 (18.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (13.5%)								(n/a)	30.9	5.9	13.0	13.8	18.4	7.8	6.4	1.3	8.8	24.5	20.7	10.8	7.8	6.5	1.3	10.7	27.6	17.7	21.3	16.2	12.5	$11,474	$1,021	$10,453
Excel Center - Anderson	Public, Charter	9-12	630 Nichols Ave	Anderson	46013	Madison County	Excel Center - Anderson	Yes	No	No	No	(317) 524-3930	321	10	32.1	31.8%	165 (51.4%)	61 (19.0%)	78 (24.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)								(n/a)																						$3,411	$201	$3,209
Alexandria Monroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	308 W 11th St	Alexandria	46001	Madison County	Alexandria Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 724-4166	754	46	16.3	41.5%	664 (88.1%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.9%)	66	333^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	67.2%		63.9	354^th of 1005 public elementary schools	64.8%	21			26.6	53.3	52.5	59.5			48.5	39.4	52.2	41.4	46.0			44.7	54.4	48.7	51.2	57.6		$10,750	$1,225	$9,525
Alexandria-Monroe High School	Public	7-12	1 Burden Ct	Alexandria	46001	Madison County	Alexandria Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 724-4413	620	50	12.4	53.1%	548 (88.4%)	3 (0.5%)	41 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)	46.8	210^th of 415 public high schools	49.4%		42	249^th of 429 public high schools	42.0%	39	53.4	17.5					37.7	25.0	31.8					28.3	23.9	26.3					35.2	$12,379	$1,002	$11,377
Edgewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3525 Winding Way	Anderson	46011	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2119	455	33	13.8	49.5%	214 (47.0%)	109 (24.0%)	62 (13.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (14.9%)	16.1	859^th of 1015 public elementary schools	15.4%		25.3	773^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	23.1%	86			17.7	31.0	5.3				16.8	32.4	27.6	13.2				23.8	31.0		31.0	13.2		$11,104	$2,880	$8,224
Anderson High School	Public	9-12	4610 Madison Ave	Anderson	46013	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 641-2037	1,768	124	14.3	62.0%	794 (44.9%)	387 (21.9%)	392 (22.2%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	187 (10.6%)	17.8	345^th of 415 public high schools	16.9%		14.3	375^th of 429 public high schools	12.6%	30	28.9	11.0																			14.7	$14,539	$2,242	$12,296
Tenth Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3124 E 10th St	Anderson	46012	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2103	529	37	14.4	70.5%	249 (47.1%)	120 (22.7%)	68 (12.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	88 (16.6%)	11.6	909^th of 1015 public elementary schools	10.4%		13.9	875^th of 1005 public elementary schools	12.9%	34			14.2	14.5	9.3				12.9	31.1	22.9	8.0				22.0	18.1		18.1	24.0		$14,937	$2,724	$12,213
Valley Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2160 S 300 E	Anderson	46017	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 378-3393	485	36	13.3	76.5%	238 (49.1%)	113 (23.3%)	47 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (17.7%)	21.6	812^th of 1015 public elementary schools	20.0%		19	826^th of 1005 public elementary schools	17.8%	14			19.1	32.3	14.8				22.2	9.5	46.2	13.1				23.3	32.3		32.3	21.3		$15,041	$3,669	$11,372
Anderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2035 S Raible Ave	Anderson	46011	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2092	496	37	13.3	58.7%	89 (17.9%)	102 (20.6%)	268 (54.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.5%)	5.1	999^th of 1015 public elementary schools	1.6%		5	991^st of 1005 public elementary schools	1.4%	8			4.0	9.0	0.0				4.3	10.9	20.5	1.3				10.8	18.0		18.0	8.8		$15,010	$3,727	$11,283
Eastside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	844 N Scatterfield Rd	Anderson	46012	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2101	581	38	15.2	64.2%	362 (62.3%)	103 (17.7%)	43 (7.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (12.0%)	29.3	725^th of 1015 public elementary schools	28.6%		36.9	656^th of 1005 public elementary schools	34.7%	69			31.1	21.3	24.2				25.8	34.9	41.3	25.8				33.0	36.3		36.3	33.9		$13,796	$3,404	$10,392
Erskine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	811 W 60th St	Anderson	46013	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2099	461	39	11.9	68.5%	226 (49.0%)	96 (20.8%)	64 (13.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (15.8%)	15.5	866^th of 1015 public elementary schools	14.7%		16.3	849^th of 1005 public elementary schools	15.5%	17			24.2	12.5	5.1				14.1	27.4	23.8	5.1				19.0	35.9		35.9	22.0		$16,457	$4,701	$11,755
Highland Middle School	Public	7-8	2108 E 200 N	Anderson	46012	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2059	916	77	11.8	67.0%	413 (45.1%)	208 (22.7%)	202 (22.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (9.7%)	15.9	413^th of 486 public middle schools	15.0%		15.6	405^th of 480 public middle schools	15.6%	8							18.7	22.4	20.4					11.9	11.9	11.8					55.7	$15,363	$3,102	$12,261
Anderson Intermediate School	Public	PK, KG-6	2300 Lindberg Rd	Anderson	46012	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 641-2047	490	33	15.0	67.1%	225 (45.9%)	109 (22.2%)	104 (21.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (10.0%)	12.3	897^th of 1015 public elementary schools	11.6%					(n/a)						14.9			14.7				12.5			12.3		16.3	16.3			$6,235	$1,932	$4,302
Anderson Online Academy	Public, Alternative	4-11	1600 Hillcrest Ave	Anderson	46011	Madison County	Anderson Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(765) 717-0358	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)	13.0	0.0				0.0			6.1				0.0			0.0		0.0	0.0		20.0
Elwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	940 N 19th St	Elwood	46036	Madison County	Elwood Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 552-7381	412	26	15.6	56.1%	342 (83.0%)	3 (0.7%)	41 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.3%)								(n/a)																						$11,140	$1,329	$9,811
Elwood Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	1137 N 19th St	Elwood	46036	Madison County	Elwood Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 552-9854	650	51	12.6	70.6%	550 (84.6%)	2 (0.3%)	76 (11.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.5%)	21.6	327^th of 415 public high schools	21.2%		21.6	336^th of 429 public high schools	21.7%	9	31.5	8.7					16.3	15.7	16.0					16.5	18.5	17.6					30.3	$12,273	$753	$11,520
John H Hinds Career Center	Public	6-12	1105 N 19th St	Elwood	46036	Madison County	Elwood Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 552-9881	0	8	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																						$00
Elwood Intermediate School	Public	3-6	1207 N 19th St	Elwood	46036	Madison County	Elwood Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 552-7378	400	32	12.5	73.0%	347 (86.8%)	2 (0.5%)	33 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	19.6	824^th of 1015 public elementary schools	18.8%		17.7	838^th of 1005 public elementary schools	16.6%	14			26.8	19.0	18.6	15.5			19.9	37.1	27.0	19.6	21.4			26.2	28.0	17.5	22.7	28.9		$10,106	$1,322	$8,783
Summitville School	Public	PK, KG-2	405 E Mill St	Summitville	46070	Madison County	Madison-Grant United School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 536-2875	230	14	16.4	57.4%	215 (93.5%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)								(n/a)																						$9,289	$1,967	$7,322
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		$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		$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		$9,860	$431	$9,430
Frankton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1303 Sr 128 W	Frankton	46044	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 754-7545	803	41	19.4	56.2%	718 (89.4%)	11 (1.4%)	32 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.2%)	40	619^th of 1015 public elementary schools	39.0%		41.6	603^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	40.0%	16			33.0	27.6	23.9	33.0			29.2	48.5	55.2	38.5	30.1			43.3	40.5	26.2	33.8	30.3		$8,383	$626	$7,757
Frankton Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	610 Clyde St	Frankton	46044	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 754-7879	757	43	17.5	49.1%	685 (90.5%)	5 (0.7%)	31 (4.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.4%)	45.6	219^th of 415 public high schools	47.2%		65.1	108^th of 429 public high schools	74.8%	111	51.6	13.7					33.9	33.3	33.6					30.4	22.7	26.7					41.3	$9,643	$233	$9,410
Lapel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2865 S Sr 13	Lapel	46051	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 534-3101	675	35	19.1	36.0%	630 (93.3%)	3 (0.4%)	14 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.7%)	71	278^th of 1015 public elementary schools	72.6%		69.9	290^th of 1005 public elementary schools	71.1%	12			48.4	48.3	53.2				49.7	64.3	56.9	52.1				58.3	50.0		50.0	50.0		$7,256	$413	$6,843
Lapel Senior High School	Public	9-12	1850 S 900 W	Lapel	46051	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 534-3137	462	34	13.7	31.2%	413 (89.4%)	8 (1.7%)	14 (3.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.0%)	65.6	103^rd of 415 public high schools	75.2%		68.2	92^nd of 429 public high schools	78.6%	11	62.8	35.7																			29.4	$10,913	$237	$10,676
Lapel Middle School	Public	6-8	2883 S Sr 13	Lapel	46051	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 534-3136	335	23	14.7	34.6%	321 (95.8%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	65.8	156^th of 486 public middle schools	67.9%		49	245^th of 480 public middle schools	49.0%	89						50.0	43.6	42.6	45.5				50.8	44.4	32.0	42.4		33.1	33.1			$8,458	$316	$8,142

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