Fremont Community Schools

Fremont Community Schools is a three-school Indiana district serving about 979 students across an elementary (K–4), a middle school (5–8), and a high school (9–12). The district ranks 62nd of 374 Indiana districts, in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. Fremont Elementary School is the largest with 391 students, followed by Fremont High School at 302 and Fremont Middle School at 286, so the two secondary schools together enroll roughly 60% of students.

Fremont High School has the strongest current profile: 53 of 415 schools, 87th percentile, 4 stars, a 94.1% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, SAT ERW of 58.11% versus 51.9%, and SAT Math of 35.14% versus 25.6%. Yet it is losing momentum — it slipped from 5 stars to 4, and SAT Math fell from 53.85% to 35.14%. Fremont Middle School shows the clearest rebound, moving from 3 stars to 4 and 73rd percentile, with math up 6.03 points, ELA up 3.90 points, and 5th grade social studies at 71.83% versus the state's 47.2%. Its chronic absenteeism of 3.0% is the lowest in the district.

Fremont Elementary School holds 3 stars and the 63rd percentile, with science a clear strength: 60% overall and 60% in 4th grade versus the state's 43.8%. Third grade math also beats the state at 57.75%. But 4th grade math is 42% against the state's 52%, a 10-point gap. District-wide, chronic absenteeism is 5.9% versus Indiana's 16.7%, though the high school's 10.6% is notably higher than the elementary's 4.4% and the middle school's 3.0%. Spending differs by level too: $16,544 per student at the high school versus $14,264 at the elementary, with student-teacher ratios of 15.8 and 11.6.