Griffith Public Schools

Griffith Public Schools is an Indiana district with three schools — two PK–5 elementaries, Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School and Beiriger Elementary School, plus one alternative school serving grades 4–12, Griffth Junior/Senior High School — together enrolling 2,015 students, with 1,112 of them (55.2%) at the junior/senior high. The district ranks 184 of 374 Indiana districts, the 51st percentile with 3 stars, placing it near the middle of the state, but school-level results tell very different stories.

Beiriger Elementary School is the district's clearest academic standout. In 2025–26 ILEARN all-grade results it reached 43.83% in ELA, 52.06% in math and 51.54% in science, above the district's 37.37%, 39.45% and 43.75%, and it beats the state in several tested grade levels. Its rank percentile has climbed from 53rd (2023–24) to 58th (2024–25) to 65th (2025–26), and its chronic absenteeism of 9.1% is the lowest in the district and well below the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7% — all while carrying the district's highest free/reduced-price lunch rate, 59.86%.

Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School has the highest per-pupil spending at $15,582 and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, with chronic absenteeism of 13.8%, below both district and state. However, no current test-score data are provided for it, so its present proficiency picture should be treated as not provided rather than as a weakness. Griffth Junior/Senior High School posts a 93.0% graduation rate, above the state's 89.7%, but its all-grade proficiency trails the district: ELA 31.29%, math 27.23%, science 36.00%. Its SAT math improved sharply from 11.46% in 2024–25 to 22.62% in 2025–26, still below the state's 25.6%, while SAT reading/writing sits near the state average. Attendance is a district-wide strength: all three schools are at or below the state's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate.