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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46131

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At a glance

Schools

5,241

Students

Districts

Top rankedCreekside Elementary School258^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Webb Elementary School up 176 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Clark Elementary School 13 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 46131 covers nine schools in Franklin, Indiana — five elementary, two middle, one high school, and one alternative virtual school — serving about 5,241 students, with eight of the nine belonging to Franklin Community School Corp (ranked 174 of 374 districts statewide, the 53rd percentile, 3 stars) and one, Clark Elementary School, belonging to the higher-ranked Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp (87 of 374, 77th percentile, 4 stars).

Creekside Elementary School is the strongest overall performer: it ranks 258 of 1,015 elementary schools (75th percentile, 4 stars), improved from the 66th to 75th percentile over three years, posts all-grades math at 62.01% proficient versus the district's 41.72%, and has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 9.7%. Franklin Community Middle School (69th percentile, 3 stars) is strong in ELA — 8th grade ELA at 58.62% versus the state's 44% — but weak in math, at 32.43% all grades. Custer Baker Intermediate School stands out in science, with all-grades science at 50.87% versus the district's 48.53%. Franklin Community High School graduates 92.6%, above district and state, but its SAT math is weak (22.41% versus the state's 25.6%) and chronic absenteeism is the highest reported at 23.8%. Clark Elementary School is math-strong (4th grade 60.27%) but science-weak (34.72% versus the district's 44.27%), with absenteeism at 19.7%.

Across the zip code, strengths are unevenly distributed: Needham Elementary School and Webb Elementary School are math-strong but ELA-weak, while Northwood Elementary School improved from the 38th to 58th percentile with math above district averages despite the highest free-and-reduced-lunch rate at 60.2%. Science varies widely as well, from Custer Baker's strength to Clark's weakness. Spending does not map cleanly to outcomes: Creekside spends the least among traditional schools at $10,886 yet performs best. Franklin Community Virtual School is a clear outlier, with a 68.1% graduation rate, all-grades math at 5.41%, and a student-teacher ratio of 40.6, so comparisons with traditional schools should be made cautiously.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clark Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	Cr 700 N & 575 E	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 535-8503	440	34	13.0	58.2%	172 (39.1%)	46 (10.5%)	23 (5.2%)	177 (40.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.3%)	64.2	354^th of 1015 public elementary schools	65.1%		58.5	424^th of 1005 public elementary schools	57.8%	70			50.0	49.3	55.1				51.3	47.6	60.3	50.7				52.7	34.7		34.7	49.3		$12,038	$778	$11,260
Franklin Community Middle School	Public	7-8	625 Grizzly Cub Dr	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 346-8400	726	50	14.5	44.4%	611 (84.2%)	18 (2.5%)	40 (5.5%)	11 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (5.9%)	67.7	151^st of 486 public middle schools	68.9%		65.9	152^nd of 480 public middle schools	68.3%	1							46.7	58.6	52.3					34.2	30.5	32.4						$12,463	$456	$12,007
Franklin Community High School	Public	9-12	2600 Cumberland Dr	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 738-5700	1,531	86	17.8	40.0%	1,276 (83.3%)	37 (2.4%)	113 (7.4%)	17 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	85 (5.6%)	55.4	156^th of 415 public high schools	62.4%		58.9	149^th of 429 public high schools	65.3%	7	53.5	22.4																			42.4	$11,747	$476	$11,270
Needham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1399 Upper Shelbyville Rd	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 738-5780	347	22	16.1	47.0%	288 (83.0%)	8 (2.3%)	21 (6.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.8%)	54.5	468^th of 1015 public elementary schools	53.9%		47.4	545^th of 1005 public elementary schools	45.8%	77			33.3	41.7					37.6	53.6	51.4					52.5	45.8		45.8			$12,626	$723	$11,903
Northwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	965 Grizzly Cub Dr	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 346-8900	505	33	15.5	60.2%	408 (80.8%)	15 (3.0%)	44 (8.7%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	57.7	424^th of 1015 public elementary schools	58.2%		56.6	439^th of 1005 public elementary schools	56.3%	15			51.0	44.3					47.4	44.8	46.0					45.5	47.8		47.8			$11,682	$801	$10,881
Webb Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1400 Webb Ct	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 738-5790	319	18	17.7	51.7%	274 (85.9%)	8 (2.5%)	12 (3.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.9%)	58.2	419^th of 1015 public elementary schools	58.7%		42.4	595^th of 1005 public elementary schools	40.8%	176			40.0	41.8					41.0	60.0	48.2					53.8	46.3		46.3			$12,589	$688	$11,900
Creekside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	700 E Sr 44	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 346-8800	517	30	17.2	53.0%	414 (80.1%)	9 (1.7%)	46 (8.9%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.1%)	72.5	258^th of 1015 public elementary schools	74.6%		70.5	285^th of 1005 public elementary schools	71.6%	27			46.1	61.1					53.6	58.4	65.6					62.0	45.6		45.6			$10,886	$749	$10,137
Custer Baker Intermediate School	Public	5-6	101 W Sr 44	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 346-8600	734	42	17.4	50.3%	632 (86.1%)	14 (1.9%)	34 (4.6%)	18 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	32 (4.4%)								(n/a)					47.7	41.7			44.9			38.9	41.9			40.3		50.9	50.9	51.5		$11,724	$480	$11,244
Franklin Community Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	998 Grizly Cub Dr.	Franklin	46131	Johnson County	Franklin Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(317) 738-5800	122	3	40.6	48.4%	101 (82.8%)	3 (2.5%)	8 (6.6%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.7%)								(n/a)	50.0	2.8				10.0	27.3		16.2				10.0	9.1		5.4		10.0	7.1		26.7

Cities Near Zip Code 46131

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Franklin	0.42 mi	9	199^th
Whiteland	4.63 mi	3	132^nd
New Whiteland	5.79 mi	1	228^th
Bargersville	6.53 mi	3	50^th
Greenwood	7.04 mi	17	115^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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