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Schools in Poneto

Poneto’s public schools

Southern Wells Community Schools and Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Poneto. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.0K
▼ 13% vs IN $13.7K
FY2024 · Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan
Students per teacher
14.3
IN 15.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,186 students on the public path
In brief

Poneto’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Poneto’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s 1,697 public schools. Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School places highest (better than 63%); Bluffton-Harrison Middle School lowest (44%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Poneto, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Bluffton-Harrison Middle School and Southern Wells Jr-Sr 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 Poneto, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southern Wells Community Schools.

Two districts serve Poneto

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

Southern Wells Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 880 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 15.2 per teacher (IN 15.3)
$11,699IN $13,688 · FY2024
A−
Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,813 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 13.9 per teacher (IN 15.3)
$11,967IN $13,688 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Southern Wells Community Schools48%
State average 41.3% · 450 students tested
Math · PK–12, Southern Wells Community Schools43%
State average 37.5% · 450 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District42%
State average 41.3% · 935 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District39%
State average 37.5% · 934 students tested

Poneto vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Poneto—Southern Wells PK–12 · Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan PK–12
NottinghamA−Southern Wells

Every school in Poneto

4 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 Ponetoin other towns
Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Bluffton
B
750 students15:1Rate it →
Southern Wells Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
496 students18:1Rate it →
Bluffton-Harrison Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Bluffton
C+
556 students14:1Rate it →
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12
B
384 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Poneto’s schools

Are Poneto’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Poneto. Southern Wells Community Schools and Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Poneto. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Indiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Poneto in?

Southern Wells Community Schools and Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.

Where do Poneto kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Bluffton-Harrison Middle School and Southern Wells Jr-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.