Frankton-Lapel Community Schools

Frankton-Lapel Community Schools is a five-school Indiana district made up of two elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, serving roughly 3,032 students across the Frankton and Lapel communities. SchoolDigger ranks the district 144th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 61st percentile with 3 stars, so it sits above the state median but not at the top. District chronic absenteeism is 12.7%, better than the state's 16.7%. The most important thing for parents to know is that the district splits fairly cleanly into a higher-performing Lapel group and a lower-performing Frankton group.

At Lapel Elementary School, students post the district's best all-grade proficiency in English language arts (49.70%), math (58.33%), and science (50.00%). It is a 4-star school at the 73rd percentile, has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 5.5%, and spends the least per student at $7,256. Lapel Senior High School is also 4 stars at the 75th percentile, with SAT reading and writing at 62.79% and SAT math at 35.66% — both above district and state — plus the lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.7 and a 94.9% graduation rate; its Biology EOC score of 29.41% is its weak spot. Lapel Middle School is the district's biggest improver, rising from the 43rd to the 49th to the 68th percentile and from 2 to 3 stars.

The Frankton schools lag. Frankton Elementary School is the lowest-ranked school at the 39th percentile with 2 stars, has the district's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 56.16%, and its English language arts proficiency of 29.18% is about 10 points below the district. Frankton Junior-Senior High School fell from 4 stars to 2 stars and from the 75th to the 47th percentile, has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 20.3%, and SAT math of 13.71% versus Lapel Senior High's 35.66%, even though its 95.2% graduation rate and 41.32% Biology EOC score are strong. Across the district, lower absenteeism and lower poverty rates generally line up with stronger achievement.