Paramount Schools of Excellence South Bend

Madison STEAM Academy sits beside Leeper Park in South Bend, and our K-5 students use that setting every week: an expansive school garden, an outdoor amphitheater and a lavender labyrinth give them places to observe nature and test ideas. As a magnet school of South Bend Schools, we build science, technology, engineering, arts and math into every grade, alongside Spanish from first grade on. Our Makerspace class gives students tools to design, build and invent, and the Innovation class introduces coding in Scratch, Python and JavaScript. Project Lead the Way and Engineering is Elementary units shape the hands-on curriculum, and field trips are frequent. After school, students can join Robotics Club, Art Club with digital design and 3D printing, coding and Drums Alive. Fifth graders serve as Student Ambassadors in student government, and University of Notre Dame students tutor our third graders Tuesday through Friday. Families can enroll through the district magnet application, and the district provides meals and transportation.

Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend was a Purdue-founded public charter high school. The South Bend site closed at the end of the 2025-26 school year. It is not an open enrollment campus for 2026-27, and it is not a special-education school. While it operated, PPHS used project-based high school coursework, concurrent enrollment and AP options, and college-success seminars tied to the Purdue network. The stored South Bend address is 635 South Lafayette Boulevard, Suite 236. Student records remain with the Purdue Polytechnic High School central office at 1115 Broad Ripple Avenue, Door 16, Indianapolis. Transcripts, diplomas, enrollment verification, and report cards go through the records office. IEP, 504, and language-support records go through student services. Dual-credit transcripts must be requested from the college that issued the credit. Families should request records early for college or employment.

Resurrection Lutheran Academy is a Christ-centered Lutheran school at 6840 Nimtz Parkway in South Bend. It is owned by the Michiana Lutheran Education Association and serves preschool for ages 3 and up through grade 8. Full-day pre-K is offered for 2026-27. The school is accredited by the National Lutheran School Accreditation. Classes start at 8:15 a.m. Preschool dismisses at 11:30 a.m. and kindergarten through grade 8 dismiss at 3:15 p.m. Extended care runs from 7:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at $7 per hour. Average class size is about 12 to 15 students. Students wear uniforms. Families complete 20 volunteer hours or pay an additional $200. 2026-27 K-8 tuition is $11,000 for the first child and $10,350 for each additional child, plus a $50 registration fee and a $550 curriculum and technology fee. Full-day pre-K is $5,000. Half-day preschool rates start at $2,140 for a two-morning 3-year-old class. RLA participates in the Indiana Choice Scholarship program, the Lutheran SGO, and the Dale Timm Scholarship. Church membership is not required.