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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 46155

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101

Students

Top rankedMays Community Academy901^st of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 46155 contains exactly one elementary school, Mays Community Academy, a PK–6 school in Mays, Indiana, with 101 students. Because there are no other elementary schools in the ZIP, this is a case study rather than a comparison. The school is part of the Mays Community Academy district, which is ranked 346 of 374 Indiana districts, in the 7th percentile, with 0 stars. The school serves a high-need population: 92.08% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.1, with $13,454 spent per student in 2023–2024.

Academically, ILEARN proficiency is low across every reported grade-level test in 2025–2026. ELA was 16.67% both years; Math fell from 24.07% to 14.81%; Science improved from 14.29% to 24.00%. Grade-level results range from 7.14% in 6th-grade Math to 27.27% in 4th-grade Science, all below state averages. The largest gaps include 5th-grade Social Studies at 9.09% versus 47.2% statewide, 3rd-grade Math at 17.65% versus 51.9%, and 6th-grade Math at 7.14% versus 40.2%. In 2024–2025, 5th-grade Social Studies was 11.76% at the school versus 38.5% statewide.

Chronic absenteeism is 26.4%, above Indiana’s 16.7%, meaning about 1 in 4 students were chronically absent. The school’s ranking history moved from the 25th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 15th in 2024–2025 and the 11th in 2025–2026, with 1 star each year; its latest rank is 901 of 1,015. The district rating is even lower, at 0 stars and the 7th percentile. Although the school’s resource ratios look relatively favorable, outcomes remain low. For parents, the key takeaway is that this small, high-poverty school faces significant attendance and academic challenges, with science showing the only year-over-year improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)					ILEARN Math (2026)					ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (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	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 All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mays Community Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	929 E South Street	Mays	46155	Rush County	Mays Community Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(765) 645-5577	101	10	10.1	92.1%	96 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	12.1	901^st of 1015 public elementary schools	11.2%		15.2	859^th of 1005 public elementary schools	14.5%	42	17.7	16.7	18.2	14.3	16.7	17.7	25.0	9.1	7.1	14.8	27.3	21.4	24.0	9.1	$13,454	$954	$12,500

Cities Near Zip Code 46155

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mays	0.07 mi	2	381^st
Knightstown	4.98 mi	4	313^th
Straughn	7.49 mi	2	348^th
Rushville	8 mi	3	299^th
Arlington	10.58 mi	1	136^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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