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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46176

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At a glance

Schools

4,366

Students

Districts

Top rankedSouthwestern High School112^th of 415 Indiana high schools

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Biggest riser

Coulston Elementary School up 222 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Southwestern High School 12 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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Summary:

ZIP code 46176 covers Shelbyville, Indiana, where eight schools — four elementary, one middle, and three high — enroll about 4,366 students. Most students attend Shelbyville Central Schools, which runs five schools with 3,566 students and ranks 206 of 374 districts (45th percentile, 2 stars). The smaller Southwestern Con School Shelby County ranks much higher at 90 of 374 (76th percentile, 4 stars), while Excel Center - Shelbyville is a single 131-student high school with no district rank shown.

The biggest standout is Southwestern High School, which jumped from roughly the 30th percentile with 1 star in the two prior years to 112 of 415 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-26, with a 97.6% graduation rate, 57.69% SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency, and 65.85% 8th grade ELA proficiency — though SAT Math (23.08%) stays below the state's 25.6%. Southwestern Elementary School is the top elementary here (400 of 1,015, 61st percentile, 3 stars), posting the lowest chronic absenteeism (6.3%) and strong all-grades ELA (41.49%) and math (53.48%). Coulston Elementary School is the most improved, climbing from the 33rd to the 55th percentile with 3 stars and all-grades math of 52.53%.

At the other end, Thomas A Hendricks Elementary School ranks lowest in the ZIP (715 of 1,015, 30th percentile, 1 star), with all-grades ELA of 28.02% and math of 36.58%. Shelbyville Senior High School graduates 97.3% of students but slipped from the 57th to the 49th percentile, and Shelbyville Middle School reports an unusually high Biology EOC rate (81.48%) alongside mixed grade-level results. Excel Center - Shelbyville is an extreme outlier: 94.9% chronic absenteeism, a 55.8% graduation rate, $3,727 per student, a 21.8 student-teacher ratio, and 2025-26 test scores not reported.

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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
Blue River Career Programs	Public	6-12	801 St. Joseph Street	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Blue River Career Programs	No	No	No	No	(317) 392-4191	0	16	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Excel Center - Shelbyville	Public, Charter	9-12	111 North Harrison Street	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Excel Center - Shelbyville	Yes	No	No	No	(317) 524-4430	131	6	21.8	64.9%	71 (54.2%)	10 (7.6%)	40 (30.5%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.6%)								(n/a)																						$3,727	$319	$3,408
Coulston Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 Knightstown Rd	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-3185	428	35	12.4	57.5%	279 (65.2%)	7 (1.6%)	101 (23.6%)	15 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	55.3	452^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	55.5%		35.1	674^th of 1005 public elementary schools	32.9%	222			41.4	43.3	38.2				40.9	57.1	60.0	41.2				52.5	38.3		38.3	38.2		$14,094	$1,618	$12,476
Shelbyville Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 W McKay Rd	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 392-2551	886	51	17.4	51.7%	634 (71.6%)	18 (2.0%)	182 (20.5%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.5%)	47.6	249^th of 486 public middle schools	48.8%		56	204^th of 480 public middle schools	57.5%	45						36.2	33.6	30.9	33.5				42.8	28.4	25.9	32.3		37.9	37.9		81.5	$11,602	$421	$11,181
Shelbyville Senior High School	Public	9-12	2003 S Miller St	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 398-9731	1,068	60	17.8	44.1%	758 (71.0%)	24 (2.2%)	221 (20.7%)	14 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.4%)	46.6	211^th of 415 public high schools	49.2%		52.8	186^th of 429 public high schools	56.6%	25	52.1	26.0																			26.5	$11,753	$506	$11,247
Thomas A Hendricks Elementary School	Public	K-5	1111 St Joseph St	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-7432	565	40	14.3	52.2%	444 (78.6%)	7 (1.2%)	82 (14.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.1%)	30.3	715^th of 1015 public elementary schools	29.6%		37	653^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	35.0%	62			22.1	27.7	35.4				28.0	37.9	32.5	39.2				36.6	21.7		21.7	36.7		$11,630	$1,226	$10,404
William F Loper Elementary School	Public	K-5	901 Loper Dr	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Shelbyville Central Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 398-9725	619	41	15.2	47.2%	480 (77.5%)	12 (1.9%)	72 (11.6%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.6%)	49	534^th of 1015 public elementary schools	47.4%		48.9	531^st of 1005 public elementary schools	47.2%	3			33.9	42.0	26.9				34.5	46.4	47.1	40.7				44.8	43.7		43.7	49.1		$10,822	$874	$9,948
Southwestern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3406 W 600 S	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Southwestern Con School Shelby County	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 729-5320	405	26	15.5	36.0%	386 (95.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	59.4	400^th of 1015 public elementary schools	60.6%		63.1	361^st of 1005 public elementary schools	64.1%	39			29.3	42.9	60.8	32.4			41.5	51.7	57.1	66.0	35.1			53.5	57.1	27.0	43.0	44.0		$10,391	$546	$9,845
Southwestern High School	Public	7-12	3406 W 600 S	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Southwestern Con School Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(317) 729-5122	264	22	12.0	43.2%	247 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	63.4	112^th of 415 public high schools	73.0%		30.5	305^th of 429 public high schools	28.9%	193	57.7	23.1					51.1	65.9	58.0					31.9	31.7	31.8					52.8	$12,738	$191	$12,547

Cities Near Zip Code 46176

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Shelbyville	0.48 mi	11	294^th
Waldron	7.72 mi	2	288^th
Fairland	8.14 mi	3	74^th
Morristown	11.42 mi	2	220^th
Franklin	12.33 mi	9	199^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.