Schools · Bear Lake

Bear Lake, IN schools

Bear Lake’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Central Noble Primary School through grade 2, then Central Noble Elementary School and Central Noble Junior Senior HS.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade

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Bear Lake’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Bear Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresDGraduation

Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 35%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (25)Better than 24%

High confidence. Built on 631 tested students and a graduating class of 113; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Bear Lake kids go to school

Grades K–2

Central Noble Primary School 238 students · Wolf Lake Central Noble Community School Corporation

Grades 3–5

B-Central Noble Elementary School 247 students · Albion Central Noble Community School Corporation

Grades 6–12

CCentral Noble Junior Senior HS 610 students · Albion Central Noble Community School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Central Noble Community School Corporation)34%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades K–12, Central Noble Community School Corporation)32%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

113

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Bear Lake

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Central Noble Community School CorporationGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 1,095 students

$13,309 per studentIN $13,688C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Bear Lake

There’s no college in Bear Lake, but 10 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, 16.9 miles away.

Grace College and Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Winona Lake16.9 mi1,877 students Goshen CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Goshen23 mi803 students University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne24.1 mi1,630 students

Ross Medical Education Center-Fort WayneCareer school · For-profit · Fort Wayne24.2 mi124 students

Concordia Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne24.7 mi276 students

Manchester UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Manchester25.2 mi1,102 students Purdue University Fort WayneUniversity or college · Public · Fort Wayne25.6 mi8,212 students Indiana Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne26.9 mi2,227 students

Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne26.9 mi80 students

Huntington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntington29.5 mi1,393 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Bear Lake. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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