Elementary Schools in Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp

Summary:

The Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp district in Indiana is home to three elementary schools: North Dearborn Elementary School, Bright Elementary School, and Sunman Elementary School. Based on the available data, North Dearborn Elementary School stands out as the top-performing school in the district, consistently ranking higher in statewide assessments and outpacing the other two schools in academic achievement.

North Dearborn Elementary School has earned a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and has ranked as high as 63rd out of 1,010 Indiana elementary schools. The school's students demonstrate the highest proficiency rates in ILEARN/English Language Arts, ILEARN/Math, ILEARN/Science, and ILEARN/Social Studies across all grade levels. In contrast, Bright Elementary School and Sunman Elementary School generally lag behind North Dearborn in test scores, with Sunman Elementary being the lowest-performing of the three.

While Sunman Elementary School has the highest per-student spending at $14,254 and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.7, these factors do not seem to translate into better academic outcomes. North Dearborn and Bright Elementary have lower per-student spending at $11,454 and $11,336, respectively, but their students outperform those at Sunman Elementary. This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving student performance, and the district may want to examine the practices and strategies employed at North Dearborn to identify opportunities for improvement at the other two schools.

District Detail

1 Trojan Place Ste B
Saint Leon, IN 47012

(812) 623-2291

SchoolDigger Rank:
46^th of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 3,682

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
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 All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th 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
Bright Elementary School	Public	K-5	22593 State Line Rd	Lawrenceburg	47025	Dearborn County	Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 637-4600	534	35	15.0	20.2%	509 (95.3%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	67	318^th of 1005 public elementary schools	68.4%		67.1	328^th of 1011 public elementary schools	67.6%	10	55.9	47.1	40.9	48.3	60.8	51.0	35.2	49.7	51.0	51.0	47.7	$11,336	$504	$10,833
North Dearborn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27650 Sawmill Road	West Harrison	47060	Dearborn County	Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 576-1900	793	50	15.7	22.1%	757 (95.5%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.9%)	87.5	115^th of 1005 public elementary schools	88.6%		91	63^rd of 1011 public elementary schools	93.8%	52	60.3	63.5	55.0	59.6	66.4	75.2	54.3	65.3	67.2	67.2	61.2	$11,454	$603	$10,851
Sunman Elementary School	Public	K-5	925 N Meridian	Sunman	47041	Ripley County	Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 623-2235	327	24	13.4	34.9%	309 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	63.5	357^th of 1005 public elementary schools	64.5%		57.4	443^rd of 1011 public elementary schools	56.2%	86	52.1	35.3	50.8	46.3	62.5	43.1	47.7	50.6	39.2	39.2	43.8	$14,254	$823	$13,431

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lawrenceburg Community School Corp	6.84 mi	4	200^th
South Dearborn Community School Corp	9.43 mi	5	171^st
Franklin County Community School Corp	13.47 mi	5	164^th
Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn Sp Educational Coop	14.39 mi	1
Milan Community Schools	16.32 mi	4	208^th

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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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