U.S. News 2025 “Best Schools” rankings

Posted on November 15, 2024

U.S. News and World Report released its “Best Schools” rankings for K-8 public schools.

They ranked the best public elementary schools by state. For Indiana, 1,000 elementary schools were ranked and 487 middle schools.

P-H-M’s elementary schools are at the top of the list:

P-H-M’s middle schools were also recognized:

Indiana’s 395 Indiana public high schools were also ranked, and Penn was ranked #25!
 
The U.S. News & World Report K-12 directory encompasses 105,093 preschools, elementary schools, middle schools and high schools.
 
The state assessment data used in the ranking indicators was sourced from the 2021-2022 school year’s achievement results for state assessments in mathematics and reading from the U.S. Department of Education’s EdFacts initiative. These include the numbers of test-takers for each subject by grade, the proportions of test-takers proficient in each subject area, and the economic and ethnic profiles of test-takers.

Last Modified November 19, 2024