Blankenship-Hodges-Brown House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainParagon’s public schools
Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paragon. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
Paragon’s schools, in brief
School by school
6 of Paragon’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s 1,697 public schools. Green Township Elementary School places highest (better than 84%); John R. Wooden Middle School lowest (24%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Seven elementary schools serve Paragon, graded from B− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Martinsville High School. 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 Paragon, with each school’s own grade.
5th grade in Paragon · depends on your address
Bell Intermediate Academy
Grades 5–6 · 524 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
South Elementary School of Communications
Grades PK–6 · 302 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
6th grade in Paragon · depends on your address
John R. Wooden Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 576 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
Bell Intermediate Academy
Grades 5–6 · 524 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
South Elementary School of Communications
Grades PK–6 · 302 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
7th grade in Paragon
John R. Wooden Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 576 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
8th grade in Paragon
John R. Wooden Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 576 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
9th grade in Paragon
Martinsville High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,284 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
10th grade in Paragon
Martinsville High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,284 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Martinsville
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Paragon vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Indiana towns that share Paragon’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Paragon | — | Martinsville Schools Metropolitan |
Every school in Paragon
9 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).
Questions about Paragon’s schools
Are Paragon’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Paragon. Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paragon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Paragon in?
Martinsville Schools Metropolitan School District.
Where do Paragon kids go to high school?
Martinsville High School.
Parents talk
What Paragon families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Paragon → They have their own page.
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.