Schools in Zip Code 46105

ZIP code 46105 has one public school, Bainbridge Elementary School, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 456 students in North Putnam Community Schools. Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the best context comes from comparing the school with its district and the state. The district is ranked 89th of 374 districts at the 76th percentile with 4 stars, while the school’s latest statewide rank is 340th of 1,015 at the 67th percentile with 3 stars. The school has improved its statewide rank from 431st of 1,011 and the 57th percentile in 2023–2024 to 340th of 1,015 and the 67th percentile in 2025–2026, while remaining a 3-star school.

Academically, the school is strongest at the all-grade level in math and science. In 2025–2026, 50.8% of students were proficient in all-grade math versus 43.37% in the district, and 49.09% were proficient in all-grade science versus 41.5% in the district. All-grade ELA also improved from 37.62% in 2024–2025 to 44.92% in 2025–2026, moving from below the district’s 40.71% to above the district’s 42.01%. Fourth grade is a clear bright spot: 58.18% proficient in ELA, about 10.3 points above district and 16.0 points above state, and 60% proficient in math, 10 points above district and 8 points above state. Fifth-grade social studies was exceptionally strong at 66.67%, compared with 60.64% in the district and 47.2% statewide, a 16.67-point increase from 50% the prior year.

Watch points remain. Third-grade ELA was 32.35%, below the district’s 40.59% and the state’s 40.8%. Third-grade math was 50% versus 53.47% district and 51.9% state, and fifth-grade math was 43.75% versus 44.21% district but above the state’s 42%. Chronic absenteeism was 15.9% in 2024–2025, better than the state’s 16.7% but slightly worse than the district’s 14.6%. Free/reduced lunch was 37.72%, per-pupil spending was $9,990 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.2 in 2024–2025. Overall, this is an improving school with strong all-grade math and science, standout fifth-grade social studies, and a positive ELA trend, with third-grade ELA and absenteeism as areas to watch.