Summary:
ZIP code 46064 covers Pendleton, Indiana, where five schools — one high school, one middle school, and three elementaries serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — educate roughly 4,670 students, all within the single South Madison Com School Corp, which ranks 43rd of 374 Indiana districts.
Every school in the ZIP earns four stars, but their profiles differ. Pendleton Heights High School holds the strongest state standing, rising to 43rd of 415 high schools — the top 10% — with a 99.1% graduation rate, 9.4 points above the state. Pendleton Heights Middle School posts the lowest chronic absenteeism in the data at 1.4%, about one-twelfth of the state's 16.7%, and beats the state in both 7th- and 8th-grade math and ELA. Maple Ridge Elementary School records the top math result in the ZIP — 84.13% in 3rd grade, 32 points above the state — plus the best 5th-grade Social Studies score. East Elementary School is the most consistent, with the strongest 6th-grade ELA and the only 5th-to-6th math gain. Pendleton Elementary School has the smallest classes (17.6 students per teacher) and the highest per-student spending ($10,531).
Two patterns matter most for families. First, math proficiency falls steadily from 3rd through 6th grade at all three elementaries, so the early-grade advantage largely disappears by middle school — where All Grades proficiency trails the district in both ELA (47.71 vs. 51.3) and math (45.21 vs. 55.28). Second, while every school beats the state on chronic absenteeism, the high school's 12.8% is nearly double the district's 7.7%.
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