Summary
Northpoint Elementary School is a PK–5 school serving 577 students at 50800 Cherry Rd in Granger, Indiana, part of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp just outside South Bend. It is one of Indiana's most consistently elite elementary schools: it ranked 6th of 1,015 elementary schools statewide in 2025–2026, and in most years over the past decade it has placed in the top 1% with a 5-star rating, including No. 1 in the state in both 2021–2022 and 2022–2023.
Northpoint's 2025–2026 ILEARN results are far above district and state norms: 82.52% proficient in ELA, 83.44% in math, 84.76% in science, and 89.09% in 5th grade social studies, versus district rates of 63.48%, 60.95%, 61.91%, and 63.08%. Grade-level scores like 4th grade ELA and math (both 89.52%) and 5th grade social studies (89.09%) sit roughly 40 points above state averages. Within the district, only Prairie Vista Elementary School performs at a comparable level, edging Northpoint by less than 3 points in each subject.
Other indicators reinforce the picture. Northpoint's 2024–2025 chronic absenteeism rate was 3.2%, the lowest among nearby schools and far below the district's 8.4% and the state's 16.7%. Its free/reduced lunch rate, 13.52%, is also the lowest nearby. Notably, these results are not explained by resources: Northpoint spends $9,616 per student with a 19-to-1 student-teacher ratio, less favorable than schools such as Prairie Vista Elementary School and Walt Disney Elementary School that score lower. Compared with Mary Frank Harris Elementary School, just 0.21 miles away in the same district, Northpoint posts stronger proficiency, lower absenteeism (3.2% vs. 3.8%), lower poverty, and a lower student-teacher ratio. Nearby schools outside the district, such as Swanson Traditional School, trail substantially.
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