Elementary Schools in Danville Community School Corp

The Danville Community School Corp district in Indiana is home to two strong-performing elementary schools: North Elementary School and South Elementary School. Both schools serve students from kindergarten through 6th grade and have earned high rankings from SchoolDigger, indicating their excellence in academic achievement and student outcomes.

North Elementary School stands out with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8%. The school invests heavily in its students, spending $13,061 per student and maintaining a student-teacher ratio of 16.1, suggesting smaller class sizes. In contrast, South Elementary School has a 4-star rating but has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 251st out of 1,016 Indiana elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 130th out of 1,005 in 2024-2025. South Elementary School also outperforms the district and state averages in ILEARN test scores for English Language Arts, Math, and Science across multiple grade levels.

While both schools maintain low chronic absenteeism rates, North Elementary School has a higher percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients at 37.07%, compared to South Elementary School at 32.35%. This difference in student population may contribute to the significant gap in spending per student, with South Elementary School spending $18,650 per student, the highest in the district, while North Elementary School spends $13,061 per student.