Summary:
MSD Bluffton-Harrison is a three-school Indiana district serving roughly 1,813 students across Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School (PK–4), Bluffton-Harrison Middle School (5–8), and Bluffton High School (9–12), ranking 139th of 374 Indiana districts — the 63rd percentile — with 3 stars.
Each campus has a distinct profile. The middle school is the clearest riser, with its rank percentile climbing from 63 to 64 to 67, the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 5.8%, and the strongest science result: 48.12% all-grade proficiency versus the district's 41.79%. Bluffton High School posts standout non-test numbers — a 100% graduation rate against Indiana's 89.7%, the lowest student/teacher ratio (12.6), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (41.42%), and the highest per-student spending ($14,306) — but its rank percentile fell from 85 to 74 to 67, and 2025–26 SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (44.87%) and SAT Math (23.72%) both landed below state averages. Biology, though, improved from 50% to 60.14%. The elementary school is the largest campus at 750 students and carries the highest need, with 58% free/reduced lunch, the lowest spending ($9,429), the highest student/teacher ratio (14.8), and the only 2-star rating. Its 4th-grade ELA, math, and science results trail the state, yet all-grade math (45.9%) exceeds the district's 39.81% and 3rd-grade math (51.13%) nearly matches the state's 51.9%.
District-wide, chronic absenteeism is a clear strength: 5.9% at the elementary, 5.8% at the middle, and 7.0% at the high school, all less than half of Indiana's 16.7%. As grade levels rise, poverty indicators fall while resources increase. Two pressure points stand out: elementary 4th grade is weak across all subjects, and middle school 5th grade shows ELA at 23.53% against the state's 42.2% and math at 32.68% against 42%.
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