Summary:
ZIP code 47923 in Brookston, Indiana contains just one elementary school — Frontier Elementary, serving PK–6 with 396 students as part of Frontier School Corporation. Since it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own prior years.
Frontier Elementary's results are mixed and depend heavily on grade level. Third-grade Math is a clear strength at 66.67%, well above the state's 51.9%, and 6th-grade ELA (48.08% vs. 41.3%) and 6th-grade Science (44.23% vs. 41.2%) also beat state averages. All-grade Math rose from 43.75% to 47.42% year over year and tops the district's 44.82%. The weak spots are concentrated in 4th grade, where both ELA and Science sit at 29.63% — far below the state's 42.2% and 43.8%. Fifth-grade Social Studies also shifted sharply, from 48.98% against a state mark of 38.5% in 2024–2025 to 40.68% against 47.2% in 2025–2026. All-grade Science fell from 46.23% to 36.79%. These grade-level swings likely reflect cohort differences rather than a single schoolwide trend.
Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 14.7%, better than the state's 16.7% but above the district's 11.4%. The school's latest statewide rank is 500 of 1,015 — the 51st percentile with 3 stars — down from the 59th percentile the prior year, while the district ranks 84th of 374 at the 78th percentile with 4 stars. Roughly 36.87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $12,236, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.6. Families should weigh the strong 3rd-grade Math and 6th-grade ELA/Science results against the 4th-grade and Science declines.
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