Education

Schools in LaGrange County offer small teacher-tostudent ratios in the classrooms as well as curriculum to prepare students for their post-high school years.

There are three public school corporations in the county. Westview School Corporation, which serves the west side of the county, Lakeland School Corporation, which services the middle of the county, and Prairie Heights School Corporation, which services the eastern part of the county.

Higher education is just a short drive away. The University of Notre Dame, Trine University, University of St. Francis, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, a regional campus of Indiana Wesleyan University, a regional campus of Taylor University, Ivy Tech State College, Glen Oaks Community College, Goshen College, and the Freedom Academy are all within an hour’s drive from LaGrange County.

Amish children typically attend Amish run schools in their area or attend public schools until eighth grade. Some Amish students continue through high school depending on the direction of the local deacon or bishop.

Serving the citizens of LaGrange County, the LaGrange County Library’s main building, a Carnegie Library, is in downtown LaGrange. The library has branches in Topeka and Shipshewana. A mobile library serves the outlying areas.