• Education
  • Preschools and Day Care
  • Public Kindergarten to Grade 12 Schools
  • Nonpublic Kindergarten to Grade 12 Schools
  • Home Schooling
  • International Schools
  • International Baccalaureate Program (IB)
  • Colleges and Universities
• Economic Profile
• Community Resources

Did You Know

In 2000, the foreign born represented 3 percent of Indiana's total population.
(Source: Fact Sheet on the Foreign Born: Indiana, The Migration Information Source, The Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC)

Education

In today’s competitive educational environment, the choice of where to send a child to school is of vital importance. The better a school system’s reputation, the ISTEP (ISTEP + Info Center http://www.doe.state.in.us/istep/welcome.html) scores and SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test http://www.studentmarket.com/studentmarket/aboutsat.html) results, the more families move to the area, bringing additional revenue for educational facilities and the community itself.

In the Greater Indianapolis area, families have the choice between public schools, private schools, parochial schools or, in some cases, a school taught by parents in the home (a practice known as home schooling. Indiana also has excellent higher education facilities that provide a wide variety of educational options for those wishing to pursue advanced degrees.