Summary:
Zip code 46012 is home to four public schools — three elementary schools (PK–5 and PK–6) and one middle school (grades 7–8), serving 2,516 students — all within the Anderson Community School Corp district, which ranks 343 of 374 Indiana districts at the 8th percentile with 0 stars.
Every school in this area is rated 1 star for 2025–2026, so the most useful comparison for parents is how the schools perform against each other. Eastside Elementary School is the clear standout: it beats the district in all reported All Grades subjects by wide margins — 25.82% proficient in ELA (vs. 17.05% district), 33.01% in Math (vs. 17.03%), and 36.25% in Science (vs. 21.36%), including 4th-grade Math at 41.25%, the highest non-Biology result among the four schools. Highland Middle School, the largest school at 916 students, has an isolated bright spot in Biology End-of-Course proficiency (55.71% in 2025–2026, 61.11% in 2024–2025, above the district and the 2024–2025 state rate of 45.6%), but its All Grades Math is just 11.84%. Tenth Street Elementary School posts 21.97% in Math but only 12.88% in ELA, and Anderson Intermediate School sits below district averages in ELA, Math, and Science.
Across all four schools, chronic absenteeism exceeds the state's 16.7%: Highland is highest at 35.4%, while Tenth Street is lowest at 21.2%. Poverty is high and fairly uniform, with free/reduced lunch from 64.2% at Eastside to 70.51% at Tenth Street. Spending varies sharply — Anderson Intermediate reports $6,235 per student versus $13,796–$15,363 elsewhere — yet outcomes do not simply follow spending, as Highland has the highest spending and lowest student-teacher ratio (11.8) but low math proficiency. Rank trendings are mostly flat or declining, and where state values exist, these schools trail them nearly everywhere.
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