Summary:
ZIP code 46036 covers Elwood, Indiana, and has three public schools — Elwood Elementary School (PK–2, 412 students), Elwood Intermediate School (3–6, 400 students), and Elwood Junior-Senior High School (7–12, 650 students) — all part of Elwood Community School Corp, which is rated 1 star and ranks 318th of 374 Indiana districts, in the 15th percentile.
The Elwood Junior-Senior High School has the clearest bright spot in the area: a 90.9% graduation rate, slightly above the state's 89.7%. But proficiency is low — 7th-grade ELA is 16.28% versus 41.7% statewide, and 11th-grade SAT Math is 8.7% versus 25.6%. Chronic absenteeism is 28.9%. Elwood Elementary School has no state test scores because it serves PK–2, and its most notable figure is chronic absenteeism of 33.5%, the highest locally and about double the state's 16.7%, despite having the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (56.07%) and the highest student-teacher ratio (15.6).
Elwood Intermediate School is the relative standout: lowest chronic absenteeism (20.1%), and the best all-grade ELA (19.9%) and Math (26.2%) results among the reported schools, both above district figures, even with the highest free/reduced lunch rate (73%) and lowest per-student spending ($10,106). It improved in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies from 2024–25 to 2025–26, though every grade-level score remains below state averages. Attendance is the district-wide concern: the high school is at 28.9% and the elementary at 33.5%, both well above the state's 16.7%.
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