Summary:
ZIP code 46040 contains four public schools — two elementary, one middle, and one high — serving about 4,017 students in the Fortville and Geist areas. Three belong to Mt Vernon Community School Corp, a 4-star district ranked 98th of 374 statewide; Geist Elementary School belongs to Hamilton Southeastern Schools, a 5-star district ranked 6th of 374. That split is the key context: three schools share one district's programs and resources, while the fourth sits in one of the state's top-ranked systems.
Geist Elementary School is the standout. It has ranked in the 95th percentile of Indiana elementary schools for three straight years and holds 5 stars. In 2025–26 its proficiency was 69.96% in ELA and 75.97% in Math; 3rd-grade ELA was 76.69% against the state's 40.8%, and 3rd-grade Math was 81.2% against 51.9%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 3.8%. Mt Vernon High School is the other strong performer: 4 stars, ranked 46th of 415 high schools (89th percentile), a 97.0% graduation rate versus 89.7% statewide, and SAT proficiency above state in reading/writing (61.06% vs 51.9%) and math (33.63% vs 25.6%). Its Biology ILEARN proficiency did fall from 76.35% to 64.21%, with no state comparison provided for 2025–26.
Fortville Elementary School (3 stars, 63rd percentile) is strongest in Math, with all-grade Math at 58.98% versus the district's 51.49%, though ELA and Science sit at or below district averages. Mt Vernon Middle School (4 stars, 70th percentile) shows a similar split: 7th- and 8th-grade Math above state, ELA slightly below. Every school here beats the state's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 3.8% to 11.6%. Per-student spending runs from $10,577 at Mt Vernon Middle to $12,662 at Fortville and does not track neatly with ratings. These figures span different school years and exams, so treat them as useful local comparisons rather than a final verdict.
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