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Schools in Wells County, IN

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Indiana Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Indiana Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

5,251

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedNorwell Middle School45^th of 480 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Southern Wells Junior-Senior High School up 86 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bluffton High School 12.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)							ILEARN Math (2025)							ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (2025)	ILEARN Biology (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Bluffton High School	Public	9-12	1 Tiger Trl	Bluffton	46714	Wells County	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	No	No	No	No	(260) 824-3724	507	40	12.6	41.4%	437 (86.2%)	12 (2.4%)	40 (7.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	64.7	111^th of 429 public high schools	74.1%		72.8	65^th of 432 public high schools	85.0%	46	53.1	31.0																			50.0	$14,306	$1,299	$13,007
Bluffton-Harrison Middle School	Public	5-8	1500 Stogdill Rd	Bluffton	46714	Wells County	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	No	No	No	No	(260) 824-3536	556	40	14.0	52.2%	460 (82.7%)	16 (2.9%)	59 (10.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.2%)	61.4	172^nd of 480 public middle schools	64.2%		60.5	183^rd of 491 public middle schools	62.7%	11					35.3	38.7	39.4	38.7	38.1			42.9	44.4	37.4	33.1	39.2		43.6	43.6	43.6		$10,935	$642	$10,294
Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1100 E Spring St	Bluffton	46714	Wells County	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 824-0333	750	51	14.8	58.0%	605 (80.7%)	22 (2.9%)	83 (11.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.1%)	40	623^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	38.0%		46.9	560^th of 1011 public elementary schools	44.6%	63			32.8	33.3					33.1	48.5	34.5					41.2	37.7		37.7			$9,429	$697	$8,732
Lancaster Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	3240 E 300 N	Bluffton	46714	Wells County	Norwell Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 565-3135	533	36	14.7	40.7%	459 (86.1%)	7 (1.3%)	42 (7.9%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	60.5	395^th of 1005 public elementary schools	60.7%		72	271^st of 1011 public elementary schools	73.2%	124			29.8	45.0	40.9				39.0	53.6	56.0	47.7				52.6	52.0		52.0	37.5		$10,727	$930	$9,797
Norwell High School	Public	9-12	1100 E Us 224	Ossian	46777	Wells County	Norwell Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 543-2213	753	48	15.6	28.3%	676 (89.8%)	10 (1.3%)	45 (6.0%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	74.4	62^nd of 429 public high schools	85.5%		72.2	70^th of 432 public high schools	83.8%	8	62.4	33.9																			53.4	$12,256	$600	$11,656
Ossian Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	213 S Jefferson	Ossian	46777	Wells County	Norwell Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 622-4179	566	38	14.9	33.9%	510 (90.1%)	7 (1.2%)	31 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.5%)	63.6	356^th of 1005 public elementary schools	64.6%		64.1	367^th of 1011 public elementary schools	63.7%	11			47.9	45.8	43.3				45.7	57.3	53.0	42.3				50.7	48.2		48.2	37.1		$11,126	$800	$10,326
Norwell Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 E Us 224	Ossian	46777	Wells County	Norwell Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 543-2218	561	41	13.7	36.4%	513 (91.4%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	87.4	45^th of 480 public middle schools	90.6%		80.3	78^th of 491 public middle schools	84.1%	33						54.1	57.4	53.5	54.9				53.1	59.1	48.1	53.3		56.6	56.6			$10,692	$600	$10,092
Southern Wells Elementary School	Public	K-6	9120 S 300 W	Poneto	46781	Wells County	Southern Wells Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 728-2121	496	28	17.7	44.6%	471 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	37.8	641^st of 1005 public elementary schools	36.2%		51.6	507^th of 1011 public elementary schools	49.9%	134			33.9	26.3	32.9	29.6			30.5	47.5	30.3	36.8	35.2			36.9	29.0	32.4	30.6	31.6		$8,914	$262	$8,652
Southern Wells Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9120 S 300 W	Poneto	46781	Wells County	Southern Wells Com Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 728-5534	384	30	12.8	40.6%	366 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.2	66^th of 429 public high schools	84.6%		57.3	152^nd of 432 public high schools	64.8%	86	60.3	44.1					32.4	44.1	38.1					26.8	38.2	32.4					45.8	$11,699	$174	$11,525
Bethlehem Lutheran School	Private, Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	K-8	7545 N 650 E	Ossian	46777	Wells County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(260) 597-7366	55	6	10.0		54 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Wesleyan Heritage Academy	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	3-12	1309 W Washington St	Bluffton	46714	Wells County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(260) 824-4431	11	3	3.9		11 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Kingdom Academy Of Bluffton Inc	Private, Other	PK, KG-12	225 Ferguson Park Ct	Bluffton	46714	Wells County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(260) 824-5590	79	6	10.1		61 (77.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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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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