Summary:
Zip code 46068, covering Sharpsville, Indiana, has just one elementary school: Tri Central Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 and enrolls 397 students. It is part of the Tri-Central Community Schools district. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there is no other local school to compare it against, so everything below describes this single school.
The most recent data shows encouraging momentum. In 2025–2026, Tri Central Elementary ranked 441st out of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools — its best showing across the three years provided — placing it in the 57th percentile with 3 stars, up from 2 stars and the 44th percentile the year before. The school also outperforms its district in all-grade English Language Arts, math, and science. Its strongest results are in 5th grade, where ELA proficiency is 64.71% against a state figure of 42.2%, and Social Studies is 63.24% against 47.2%. Chronic absenteeism is 15.5%, slightly above the district's 15.2% but below the statewide 16.7%, suggesting attendance is not a major concern.
Math is the clearest challenge. Proficiency sits below the state in every tested grade: 44.83% versus 51.9% in 3rd grade, 29.03% versus 52% in 4th grade, and 35.29% versus 42% in 5th grade. All-grade math rose only modestly, from 33.33% to 36.17%, and all-grade science slipped from 44.12% to 35.48%. For context, about 50.63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $9,996, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.7.
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