Schools · Lawrence
Lawrence, IN schools
Lawrence’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 29% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 6, then one of 11 middle schools, Fall Creek Valley Middle School or Belzer Middle School and Lawrence North High School or Lawrence Central High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Lawrence’s School Grade: C
The public schools Lawrence’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresB-Graduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 32%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,082)Better than 10%
High confidence. Built on 8,175 tested students and a graduating class of 1,246; 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 Lawrence kids go to school
Grades PK–6
4 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 6
11 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 7–8
C-Fall Creek Valley Middle School or DBelzer Middle School
Depends on your address Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictGrades 9–12
B-Lawrence North High School or C+Lawrence Central High School
Depends on your address Lawrence Township Metropolitan School DistrictBased 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 PK–12, Lawrence Township Metropolitan)29%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Lawrence Township Metropolitan)20%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
1,246
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #225 of 554 IN towns →
Districts
The district serving Lawrence
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 44 schools in Lawrence
Showing 1–30 of 44 schools
Early Learning CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 1,313 students
PublicForest Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 971 students
A-PublicAmy Beverland ElementaryElementary · Grades 1–6 · 800 students
B+PublicMary Evelyn Castle Elementary SchElementary · Grades 1–6 · 778 students
CPublicHarrison Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 750 students
DPublicSunnyside Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 714 students
DPublicIndian Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 712 students
DPublicPhalen at Francis Scott Key 103Elementary · Grades PK–6 · 689 students
D-CharterBrook Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 637 students
D-PublicWinding Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 626 students
DPublicCrestview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 591 students
C+PublicSkiles Test Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 558 students
DPublicOaklandon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 1–6 · 507 students
CPublicCharles Warren Fairbanks School 105 - an Exploratory SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 398 students
D-PublicCircle City Preparatory Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 321 students
C-CharterRobert Lee Frost School 106 - a STEM SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 308 students
D-PublicPhalen Leadership Academy - IN IncElementary · Grades K–8 · 247 students
DCharterThe Nature School of Central IndianaElementary · Grades K–8 · 175 students
CharterPLA@Promise PrepElementary · Grades K–5 · 144 students
CharterFall Creek Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 1,355 students
C-PublicBelzer Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 1,119 students
DPublicArlington Middle School - a STEM SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 365 students
D-PublicJames & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 296 students
D-CharterCircle City Preparatory Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 97 students
CharterLawrence North High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,799 students
B-PublicLawrence Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,517 students
C+PublicHoosier College and Career AcademyHigh · Grades 7–12 · 1,484 students
C-CharterJames and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 587 students
DCharterMcKenzie Career CenterHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicThrival AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.