Summary:
ZIP code 46204 has one listed public school, Arlington Middle School - a STEM School, a grades 6–8 middle school in Indianapolis Public Schools with 365 students. The area summary shows 0 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, so this school is the entire public-school profile for the ZIP. Its standout profile is cautionary: in 2025–2026 it ranked 480th out of 486 schools, with a 1st percentile rank and 0 stars. It also ranked 475th out of 480 in 2024–2025 and 479th out of 491 in 2023–2024, with 0 stars each year. The district itself ranks 316th out of 374, at the 16th percentile with 1 star, so Arlington’s state rank is even lower than its district’s already low position.
Test results are very low. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 4.9% in English Language Arts, 2.59% in Math, and 0% in Science. The district’s all-grade rates were 21.09%, 21.19%, and 21.32%, respectively. Grade-level scores in 2025–2026 ranged from 0.99% in 6th-grade ELA to 7.69% in 8th-grade ELA, and from 0.98% in 6th-grade Math to 4.72% in 8th-grade Math; 6th-grade Science was 0%. Biology End-of-Course is the relative bright spot: 20% in 2025–2026, essentially matching the district’s 20.07%, and 18.75% in 2024–2025 versus the district’s 18.72%—though far below the state’s 45.6% in 2024–2025.
Other metrics add context. In 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 35.5%, compared with 32.2% in the district and 16.7% statewide. That is 3.3 percentage points above the district and 18.8 points above the state. Also in 2024–2025, 67.67% of students received free or reduced-price lunch. Per-student spending was $27,043 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 11.9 in 2024–2025. Because ZIP 46204 has only one school, there is no within-ZIP comparison group; the analysis describes Arlington Middle School specifically. Some state comparators are not provided for all-grade 2025–2026 tests or for Biology in 2025–2026.
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