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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 46143


At a glance
6
Schools
3,429
Students
3
Districts
1
5-star school
Top rankedCenter Grove Elementary School25th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools
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Biggest riser
V O Isom Central Elementary School up 208 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Greenwood Northeast Elementary School 13.6 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

Elementary schools in ZIP code 46143 — Greenwood, Indiana — include six public schools serving grades PK or K through 5 across three districts: Center Grove Community School Corp, Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp, and Greenwood Community School Corp, enrolling 3,429 students in total. Center Grove Elementary School is the clear standout, ranking 25th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (98th percentile, 5 stars) with the group's highest scores in ELA (76.49), math (76.35), science (64.49), and social studies (71.05), the lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.1%, and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 15.92%. Notably, it achieves this with the lowest per-student spending ($8,836) and the largest class sizes (19.3 ratio) in the group. Grassy Creek Elementary School (79th percentile, 4 stars), Westwood Elementary School (76th, 4 stars), and Greenwood Northeast Elementary School (75th, 4 stars) round out the strong top tier.

Poverty does not automatically mean lower performance here. Greenwood Northeast Elementary School has the highest free/reduced lunch rate in the group (74.55%) yet beats its district in math (56.12 vs. 45.97), science (58.46 vs. 48.85), and social studies (63.38 vs. 51.57), and improved from the 52nd percentile to the 75th. Grassy Creek Elementary School, the largest school at 847 students, posted the second-highest science score (61.54) but also the highest chronic absenteeism (25.0%).

Two schools trail the group: Ray Crowe Elementary (53rd percentile, 3 stars) and V O Isom Central Elementary School (44th percentile, 2 stars). V O Isom Central Elementary School spends the most per student ($11,938) yet has the lowest proficiency in the group, with 5th-grade ELA at 25.45 and math at 29.09. Ray Crowe Elementary has improved steadily in rank but saw science fall from 42.71 to 32.22. Across all six schools, 5th-grade social studies improved year over year, often by 14 to 22 points, and science rose in five; chronic absenteeism is the sharpest divide, with both Clark-Pleasant schools above the state's 16.7% rate while Center Grove Elementary School (4.1%) and Westwood Elementary School (9.6%) are well below.

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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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