Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc

Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc is a small, high-performing Indiana district in Montgomery with two schools serving K–12: Barr Reeve Elementary School for grades K–5 with 507 students, and Barr Reeve Middle/High School for grades 6–12 with 522 students. The district is ranked 15th of 374 Indiana districts, in the 96th percentile, and holds a 5-star rating. There is no separately reported middle school or alternative school; middle grades are part of the middle/high school.

Both schools perform well, but their strengths differ. Barr Reeve Middle/High School is a consistent top-tier high school: ranked 18th of 415 in 2025-26, 20th of 429 in 2024-25, and 8th of 432 in 2023-24, with 5 stars each year. It has a 100.0% graduation rate compared with 89.7% statewide, chronic absenteeism of 3.6% versus 16.7%, and exceptional SAT results: 74.68% proficient in Evidence-based Reading and Writing vs. 51.9% statewide, and 55.7% in SAT Math vs. 25.6%. Middle-school math is also strong: 6th grade 67.39% vs. 40.2%, 7th grade 53.54% vs. 35.9%, and 8th grade 46.38% vs. 34.2%. Barr Reeve Elementary School improved from 178th of 1,005 and 4 stars in 2024-25 to 79th of 1,015 and 5 stars in 2025-26, reaching the 92nd percentile. Its all-grade ILEARN results are ELA 61.16%, Math 69.83%, and Science 66.67%, with every listed 2025-26 grade-level result above state. Standouts include 5th-grade Math 71.76% vs. 42%, 5th-grade Social Studies 75.29% vs. 47.2%, 4th-grade Science 66.67% vs. 43.8%, and 4th-grade ELA 64.2% vs. 42.2%.

For parents, the most striking shared strength is very low chronic absenteeism: 3.5% at the elementary school and 3.6% at the middle/high school, compared with 16.7% statewide. The district spends about $11,944 per elementary student and $12,750 per middle/high student, with student-teacher ratios of 13.7 and 14.5. Free/reduced lunch is 31.36% at the elementary school and 26.05% at the middle/high school. Overall, this is a small district where both schools are strong, the middle/high school excels in graduation, SAT, Biology, and middle-school math, and the elementary school has rapidly improved and posts broad grade-level ILEARN results well above state.