Elementary Schools in Frontier School Corporation

Summary:

The Frontier School Corporation in Indiana has one elementary school, Frontier Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 383 students.

Frontier Elementary is a relatively strong-performing school, ranking in the top 41% of Indiana elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years, indicating solid overall performance. Frontier Elementary's proficiency rates on the ILEARN assessments are generally at or above the district and state averages, particularly in math and science. However, the school's ELA proficiency rates tend to lag behind the state averages, especially in 4th and 5th grade.

While Frontier Elementary has a slightly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% compared to the state average, the school's student-teacher ratio of 13.4 indicates relatively low class sizes. The school serves a population with moderate economic disadvantage, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 39.43%, which may impact its academic performance. Overall, Frontier Elementary appears to be a solid-performing school within the Frontier School Corporation, with particular strengths in math and science but opportunities for improvement in ELA proficiency and addressing chronic absenteeism.

District Detail

126 E Main St
Chalmers, IN 47929

(219) 984-5009

SchoolDigger Rank:
129^th of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 666

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)					ILEARN Math (2025)					ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (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	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	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 All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frontier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	811 S Railroad	Brookston	47923	White County	Frontier School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 984-5438	396	27	14.6	36.9%	367 (92.7%)	6 (1.5%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	59.2	414^th of 1005 public elementary schools	58.8%		59.5	421^st of 1011 public elementary schools	58.4%	7	49.1	28.6	44.9	42.0	40.9	54.7	42.9	42.9	34.0	43.8	44.6	48.0	46.2	49.0	$12,236	$510	$11,726

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Twin Lakes School Corp	7.06 mi	5	236^th
Tippecanoe School Corp	10.6 mi	21	77^th
Tri-County School Corporation	11.6 mi	3	127^th
Delphi Community School Corp	11.66 mi	3	209^th
North White School Corp	14.04 mi	3	333^rd

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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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