Prairieton’s public schools score below 66% of Indiana districts
The public schools Prairieton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Prairieton’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Prairieton’s schools beat 34% of districts. Among the 413 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 19%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Average results for less money
Prairieton spends 10% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Classes aren’t bigger for it: each teacher has about 13 students, compared with 15 statewide. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With five middle and three high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Hoosier Prairie Elementary School. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Prairieton compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Indiana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Prairieton.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Prairieton vs. its neighbors
Prairieton’s schools rank 3rd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Indiana districts.
Every school in Prairieton
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Prairieton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Prairieton
There’s no college in Prairieton, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Indiana State University in Terre Haute, 8.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairieton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Indiana. Stars are from neighbors.