Schools · Penn
Penn, IN schools
Penn’s public schools score well above Indiana’s averages: 64% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then Schmucker Middle School or Virgil I Grissom Middle School and Penn High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A+
Penn’s School Grade: A+
The public schools Penn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 95% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresBGraduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 95%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,033)Better than 98%
Towns in St. Joseph County (13)Better than 77%
High confidence. Built on 5,765 tested students and a graduating class of 801; 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 Penn kids go to school
Grades PK–5
6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationGrades 6–8
B+Schmucker Middle School or C+Virgil I Grissom Middle School
Depends on your address Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation)64%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation)54%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
801
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #177 of 554 IN towns →
Districts
The district serving Penn
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 27 schools in Penn
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 519 students
DPublicWalt Disney Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 512 students
B-PublicBeiger Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 504 students
CPublicElm Road Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 503 students
B+PublicBittersweet Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 494 students
A+PublicLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 446 students
C-PublicEmmons Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 422 students
DPublicMoran Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 389 students
APublicMeadow's Edge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 382 students
A-PublicElsie Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 361 students
B+PublicFred J Hums Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 327 students
BPublicTwin Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 300 students
B-PublicBattell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 291 students
C-PublicMishawaka Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 321 students
PrivateMishawaka Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 317 students
PrivateCovenant Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 252 students
PrivateThe Montessori Academy at Edison LakesElementary · Grades PK–8 · 221 students
PrivateQueen of Peace SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 150 students
PrivateMichiana Christian AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 59 students
PrivateSchmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,041 students
B+PublicJohn J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 709 students
C-PublicVirgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 662 students
C+PublicPenn High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,687 students
A+PublicMishawaka High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,327 students
B-PublicCavemen Academy of Virtual ExcellenceHigh · Grades 7–12 · 162 students
PublicMarian High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 735 students
PrivatePower in Praise Crusade MinistriesOther · Grades PK–12 · 51 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.