School Town of Munster

School Town of Munster is a small, high-performing Indiana district serving roughly 4,100 students across five schools — three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — and it ranks 9th out of 374 districts statewide, at the 98th percentile, with a 5-star district rating. Four of the five schools hold 5 stars, and Ernest R Elliott Elementary School is the only 4-star school. All five rank at or above the 88th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, so families here are choosing among schools that are all strong by state standards.

Frank H Hammond Elementary School is the elementary standout: 18th of 1,015 elementary schools, 98th percentile, with the district's lowest chronic absenteeism (6.9%), lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (16.61%), lowest per-pupil spending ($10,290), and highest elementary math proficiency (83.59%, versus the district's 65.67%). Wilbur Wright Middle School ranks 17th of 486 middle schools with extraordinary Biology End-of-Course results (96.77% in 2025–2026 and 100% in 2024–2025), though its math (58.35%) trails the district. Munster High School ranks 17th of 415 high schools with a 98.0% graduation rate and SAT scores far above the state, but SAT math (48.32%) sits well below its SAT ERW (77.06%). James B Eads Elementary School (89th of 1,015) has the district's highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 30.32% and has slipped in rank over three years. Ernest R Elliott Elementary School is the smallest and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (14.7).

For parents, the practical takeaways are that attendance is a district-wide strength — every school beats the state's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 6.9% to 8.8% — and that spending and staffing don't track neatly with results, since Hammond spends the least yet performs best at the elementary level. The clearest internal opportunities are middle-school math, high-school math relative to its own reading scores, and science and social studies at Eads and Elliott.