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Discovery ranked #3 middle school in Indiana, U.S. News 2025 “Best Schools”

Posted on November 18, 2024

U.S. News and World Report released its "Best Schools" rankings for K-8 public schools by state and P-H-M's middle schools were among the top schools in Indiana. 

Discovery is ranked #3 out of Indiana’s 487 public middle schools! Schmucker is in the top 8%, with a ranking of #40. 

Indiana's 395 Indiana public high schools were also ranked, and Penn was ranked #25!
 
 
Out of Indiana’s 1,000 elementary schools, P-H-M's elementary schools also did very well:
  • Northpoint #1 in Indiana  
  • Prairie Vista #2 in Indiana  
  • Horizon #19
  • Mary Frank #32
  • Bittersweet #56
  • Moran #163
  • Madison #200
  • Elm Road #205
  • Elsie Rogers #393
  • Meadow's Edge #239
The U.S. News & World Report K-12 directory encompasses 105,093 preschools, elementary schools, middle schools and high schools.
 
The state assessment data used in the ranking indicators was sourced from the 2021-2022 school year's achievement results for state assessments in mathematics and reading from the U.S. Department of Education’s EdFacts initiative. These include the numbers of test-takers for each subject by grade, the proportions of test-takers proficient in each subject area, and the economic and ethnic profiles of test-takers.
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