Public schools in Mishawaka, IN

Mishawaka has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, enrolling 12,487 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; School City of Mishawaka runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Mishawaka's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MishawakaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
School City of Mishawaka95,128$11,614
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp811,360$11,141

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Mishawaka, 5,014 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Penn High School3,68719.626.6%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Mishawaka High School1,32714.727.9%School City of Mishawaka

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Mishawaka, 2,412 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Schmucker Middle School1,04118.834.2%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
John J Young Middle School70914.225.1%School City of Mishawaka
Virgil I Grissom Middle School66215.642.1%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

12 elementary schools in Mishawaka, 5,061 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lasalle Elementary School51916.137.0%School City of Mishawaka
Walt Disney Elementary School51216.054.9%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Beiger Elementary School50416.124.6%School City of Mishawaka
Elm Road Elementary School50316.136.4%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Bittersweet Elementary School49421.528.9%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Liberty Elementary School44614.333.4%School City of Mishawaka
Emmons Elementary School42214.839.8%School City of Mishawaka
Meadow's Edge Elementary School38214.054.7%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Elsie Rogers Elementary School36116.833.8%Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Fred J Hums Elementary School32717.823.5%School City of Mishawaka
The other 2 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Twin Branch Elementary School30014.635.0%School City of Mishawaka
Battell Elementary School29113.037.5%School City of Mishawaka

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Mishawaka's public schools compare with Indiana's

The median Mishawaka school has 16.0 students per full-time teacher, more than the Indiana median of 14.8. 53% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 43% across the state. Its median school enrolls 503 students (state 456).

Mishawaka against Indiana, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MishawakaIndiana
Median students per teacher16.014.8
Median school size (students)503456
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)53%43%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)53%38%
Charter schools0%6.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Mishawaka schools and the 1,822 Indiana schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Mishawaka

  1. School City of MishawakaRuns 9 of Mishawaka's 17 public schools and spent $11,614 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,614
  2. Penn High School, the largest high school in Mishawaka3,687 students in 2024-25, 19.6 per teacher.3,687
  3. Compare School City of Mishawaka with Penn-Harris-Madison School CorpMishawaka's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IndianaIndiana's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Mishawaka addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Indiana

  1. Indianapolis219 schools
  2. Fort Wayne74 schools
  3. Evansville40 schools
  4. South Bend35 schools
  5. Elkhart29 schools
  6. Bloomington26 schools
  7. Lafayette24 schools
  8. Valparaiso23 schools

Questions about schools in Mishawaka

  1. How many public schools are in Mishawaka, IN?
    17 public schools with an address in Mishawaka were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, enrolling 12,487 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Mishawaka?
    Penn High School, with 3,687 students in 2024-25 (Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp).
  3. Which districts run Mishawaka's schools?
    School City of Mishawaka (9 schools), Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp (8 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .