Summary:
Northeastern Wayne Schools is a small Indiana district serving about 1,337 students across three schools—Northeastern Elementary School (PK–5), Northeastern Middle School (6–8), and Northeastern High School (9–12)—and is rated 211 of 374 in Indiana, 44th percentile, 2 stars. Enrollment is concentrated at the elementary level (614 students, about 45.9%), followed by the high school (426, about 31.9%) and middle school (297, about 22.2%). The district’s attendance is a clear strength: every school is below Indiana’s 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, with the middle school lowest at 5.5%, elementary at 7.1%, and high school at 9.7%.
Academically, results differ by school and subject. The middle school is the strongest overall: 57th percentile, 3 stars, and ELA all grades at 44.59%, above the district’s 39.68%, with 7th grade ELA at 49.48% and 8th grade ELA at 53.4%, both above state. Its main weakness is math, where all grades is 29.05% and every middle-grade math level is below state. The elementary school is mixed: 5th grade excels in ELA (56.82%), math (54.55%), and social studies (50%), but 3rd grade ELA (20.93%) and 4th grade ELA (25.77%) are far below state, and all-grades ELA is 34.32%, below district. The high school has a 97.0% graduation rate but the lowest rank at 34th percentile, 2 stars, and a severe SAT math gap at 8.05% versus the state’s 25.6%; SAT ERW is 48.28% versus 51.9%.
For parents, the biggest takeaways are that attendance is strong district-wide, while academic challenges are concentrated in early elementary ELA, middle school math, and high school SAT math. Bright spots include middle school ELA in grades 7–8 and elementary 5th grade across subjects. Rank trends show the middle school and elementary school have slipped over three years, while the high school improved sharply in 2024–25 before losing ground in 2025–26. Per-pupil spending does not map simply to outcomes: the high school spends the most ($13,390) but ranks lowest, while the middle school spends the least ($11,355) but ranks highest.
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