Schools · Polk

Polk, IN schools

Polk’s public schools score well above Indiana’s averages: 51% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Walkerton Elementary School or North Liberty School through grade 6, then Harold C Urey Middle School and John Glenn High School.

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

A-School Grade #197Best schools in IN (of 350)#474Highest graduation rate in IN (of 554)

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Polk’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Polk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 83%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,081)Better than 82%

Towns in Marshall County (10)Better than 90%

High confidence. Built on 1,045 tested students and a graduating class of 143; 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 Polk kids go to school

Grades PK–6

B+Walkerton Elementary School or B+North Liberty School Depends on your address John Glenn School Corporation

Grades 7–8

B-Harold C Urey Middle School 301 students · Walkerton John Glenn School Corporation

Grades 9–12

AJohn Glenn High School 629 students · Walkerton John Glenn 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 above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, John Glenn School Corporation)51%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades PK–12, John Glenn School Corporation)44%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

143

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #474 of 554 IN towns →

Districts

The district serving Polk

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John Glenn School CorporationGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,993 students

$11,413 per studentIN $13,688A-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Polk

There’s no college in Polk, but 8 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Marian University-Ancilla in West, 6.5 miles away.

Marian University-AncillaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · West6.5 mi218 students John Patrick University of Health and Applied SciencesUniversity or college · For-profit · South Bend18.8 mi365 students Indiana University-South BendUniversity or college · Public · South Bend19 mi3,778 students Holy Cross CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage20.4 mi547 students Bethel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mishawaka20.6 mi972 students Saint Mary's CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage20.8 mi1,467 students University of Notre DameUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage20.9 mi12,910 students

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Elkhart27.6 mi56 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Polk. 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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