In Indiana, 22.3% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — against 44.1% of White students. Within Fort Wayne Community Schools alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 63 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Indiana schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Indiana school. Groups are shown wherever Indiana reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from ILEARN 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 145 districts, 576 Indiana schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Indiana school the picture is black students at 21.8%, hispanic students at 26.6%, white students at 44.9% and asian students at 54.8%. That is a 33-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. Of 527 schools with at least 25 Black student results, none reach that bar. The highest in the state is Brown Elementary in Brownsburg at 70.0%.
Fred H Croninger Elementary reaches 65.2%. Study Elementary, in the same district, sits at 2.6%. Across 35 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
Brownsburg Community Schools holds three of them, led by Crossroads Elementary at 65.4% across 182 Black student results. These schools are proof the ceiling is not fixed.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Trail Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools | 71.7% | 73.3% | 52.5% | 79.1% | 72.5% |
| Brown Elementary SchoolBrownsburg Community School Corp | 78.9% | 70% | 77.3% | 83.1% | — |
| Crossroads Elementary SchoolBrownsburg Community School Corp | 71.5% | 65.4% | 58.3% | 75.9% | — |
| Fred H Croninger Elementary SchoolFort Wayne Community Schools Magnet | 83.3% | 65.2% | 75% | 88.9% | — |
| Discovery Middle SchoolPenn-Harris-Madison School Corp | 72.7% | 64.3% | 68.5% | 71.8% | 85.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolBrownsburg Community School Corp | 74.2% | 63.8% | 46.4% | 81.9% | — |
| White Lick Elementary SchoolBrownsburg Community School Corp | 75.6% | 63.3% | — | 79.7% | — |
| Protsman Elementary SchoolLake Central School Corporation | 65.2% | 60.7% | 56.8% | 69.7% | — |
| Delaware Trail Elementary SchoolBrownsburg Community School Corp | 79.4% | 60.6% | 80% | 85.5% | — |
| River Birch Elementary SchoolAvon Community School Corp | 62.9% | 59.8% | 50% | 67% | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington IntermediateWashington Community Schools | 18.5% | 0% | 11.8% | 24% | — |
| Taylor Elementary SchoolTaylor Community School Corp | 22.9% | 0% | — | 26.2% | — |
| Mary Daly Elementary SchoolElkhart Community Schools | 10.6% | 0% | 10.8% | 17.9% | — |
| Anderson Elementary SchoolAnderson Community School Corp | 7.7% | 0% | 11% | 8.8% | — |
| Coquillard Elementary SchoolSouth Bend Community School Corp | 3.7% | 0.6% | — | — | — |
| Sarah Scott Middle SchoolVigo County School Corp | 13.8% | 1.8% | — | 18.8% | — |
| Logansport Junior High SchoolLogansport Community Sch Corp | 17.9% | 2.1% | 10.8% | 28.4% | 40.9% |
| Christian Park School 82Indianapolis Public Schools | 12.9% | 2.4% | 14.6% | 17.4% | — |
| Study Elementary SchoolFort Wayne Community Schools | 8.1% | 2.6% | 12.2% | 20.8% | — |
| Arlington Community Middle SchoolIndianapolis Public Schools | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.8% | — | — |
In Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fred H Croninger Elementary School reports 65.2% of Black students meeting the standard. Study Elementary School, in the same district, reports 2.6%. That is a 62.6-point spread across 35 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.