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Schools in Otter Lake

Otter Lake’s public schools

Prairie Heights Community School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Otter Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Indiana’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Indiana’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.9K
▲ 2% vs IN $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.5
IN 15.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,346 students on the public path
In brief

Otter Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Otter Lake’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s 1,697 public schools. Prairie Heights Sr High School places highest (better than 92%); Prairie Heights Elementary School lowest (36%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Otter Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–4Prairie Heights Elementary Schoolin LaGrangeC+
5–8Prairie Heights Middle Schoolin LaGrangeB−
9–12Prairie Heights Sr High Schoolin LaGrangeA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Prairie Heights Community School Corporation.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Prairie Heights Community School CorporationGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 1,346 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (IN 15.3)
$13,950IN $13,688 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 41.3% · 689 students tested
Math34%
State average 37.5% · 696 students tested

Otter Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Indiana towns that share Otter Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Otter Lake—Prairie Heights Community School Corporation

Every school in Otter Lake

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Indiana’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Otter Lakein other towns
Prairie Heights Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · LaGrange
C+
537 students18:1Rate it →
Prairie Heights Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · LaGrange
B−
377 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Heights Sr High School
High · Grades 9–12 · LaGrange
A
432 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Otter Lake’s schools

Are Otter Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Otter Lake. Prairie Heights Community School Corporation has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Otter Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Otter Lake in?

Prairie Heights Community School Corporation.

Where do Otter Lake kids go to high school?

Prairie Heights Sr High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.