Purdue Polytechnic High School 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.

Paramount South Bend is a tuition-free public charter school at 3414 Hepler Street in South Bend. The campus serves kindergarten through grade 6. It is not a private special-education school, and no voucher is required for a seat. The campus belongs to Paramount Schools of Excellence, which opened its first Indianapolis campus in 2010. South Bend uses Indiana academic standards with a structured academic approach. A high-ability program offers deeper enrichment. Student and parent services include support for IEP and multilingual learners. Before- and after-school care is offered at select Paramount campuses. Enrollment is by application when a seat is open. The school is a general-population charter, not a therapeutic campus.

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.