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Schools in Zip Code 46218

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At a glance

Schools

2,955

Students

Districts

Top rankedKIPP Indy College Prep Middle401^st of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

KIPP Indy Unite Elementary up 49 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Rooted School Indianapolis 7.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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0★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 46218 contains 7 schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools — serving roughly 2,642 students, split between three Indianapolis Public Schools campuses (Lowell, Sankofa, Brochhausen) and four charter or standalone campuses (KIPP Unite, KIPP College Prep Middle, KIPP Legacy High, Rooted). These schools share a common profile: very high poverty, with free/reduced-lunch rates from 68.4% to 98.92%, chronic absenteeism from 31.4% to 56.3% against a state rate of 16.7%, and no campus ranking above the 18th percentile in any recent year.

Comparing schools, KIPP Indy Unite Elementary is the largest at 721 students and posts the strongest elementary all-grade scores — 15.86% in ELA and 22.16% in Math. KIPP Indy College Prep Middle has the highest all-grade ELA in the ZIP (18.65%) and the clearest upward rank trend: 5th to 9th to 17th percentile. Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School leads in Science (18.92%) and 4th-grade Math (42.11%), and has the lowest absenteeism (31.4%) and lowest FRL (68.4%), but its all-grade ELA is weak at 6.35%. Among high schools, Rooted School Indianapolis posts the ZIP's highest all-grade Math at 26.67% and beats KIPP Indy Legacy High in Biology EOC (15.56% vs. 4.65%), SAT EBRW (23.08% vs. 14.63%), and absenteeism (33.9% vs. 56.3%) — yet has the lowest graduation rate at 60.0% and a 0% SAT Math result.

Two cautions stand out. James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School spends $19,776 per student with a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7, yet its all-grade ELA and Math are both 5.8%, the lowest in the ZIP, at the 1st percentile statewide. Sankofa School of Success at Arlington Woods School 99 has the ZIP's highest spending ($20,345) alongside 46.8% absenteeism. Every school here trails state benchmarks, so families should weigh the KIPP elementary/middle improvement and Rooted's math and reading results against high absenteeism and low overall proficiency.

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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
KIPP Indy College Prep Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1740 E 30th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	KIPP Indy College Prep Middle	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 547-5477	372	19	19.5	98.9%	7 (1.9%)	280 (75.3%)	75 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	17.3	401^st of 486 public middle schools	17.5%		10.3	436^th of 480 public middle schools	9.2%	35						14.6	21.0	20.3	18.7				17.9	13.0	22.8	17.9		8.3	8.3			$15,077	$6,380	$8,697
KIPP Indy Unite Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	1740 E 30th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	KIPP Indy Unite Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 547-5477	721	34	21.2	98.5%	15 (2.1%)	523 (72.5%)	158 (21.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	12	902^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	11.1%		8.1	951^st of 1005 public elementary schools	5.4%	49			8.7	21.9	20.6				15.9	16.8	33.3	19.6				22.2	13.5		13.5	12.2		$15,656	$4,123	$11,532
KIPP Indy Legacy High	Public, Charter	9-12	2255 N Ralston Ave	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	KIPP Indy Legacy High	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 547-5477	349	20	17.4	98.0%	20 (5.7%)	235 (67.3%)	82 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	8	391^st of 415 public high schools	5.8%		9.1	394^th of 429 public high schools	8.2%	3	14.6	6.1																			4.7	$12,882	$2,640	$10,242
Rooted School Indianapolis	Public, Charter	7-12	5750 E 30th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	Rooted School Indianapolis	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 606-3500	150	19	7.8	74.0%	3 (2.0%)	133 (88.7%)	9 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	9	383^rd of 415 public high schools	7.7%		18.9	351^st of 429 public high schools	18.2%	32	23.1	0.0					15.0	12.5	13.6					19.1	33.3	26.7					15.6	$17,225	$3,249	$13,976
Anna Brochhausen School 88 - a STEM School	Public	PK, KG-6	5801 E 16th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	Indianapolis Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 226-4288	326	24	13.5	68.4%	24 (7.4%)	190 (58.3%)	81 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.9%)	9.6	943^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	7.1%		6.3	971^st of 1005 public elementary schools	3.4%	28			1.7	10.5	10.0				6.4	10.3	42.1	10.0				19.8	18.9		18.9	10.0		$18,653	$3,755	$14,898
Sankofa School of Success at Arlington Woods School 99	Public	PK, KG-6	5801 E 30th St	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	Indianapolis Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 226-4299	361	17	21.2	71.2%	13 (3.6%)	219 (60.7%)	104 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.6%)	8.8	952^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	6.2%		7.5	960^th of 1005 public elementary schools	4.5%	8			10.0	0.0	16.7	9.4			10.3	16.7	22.2	8.8	21.9			16.7	11.1	10.7	10.9	12.1		$20,345	$6,269	$14,076
James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	3426 Roosevelt Ave	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County	Indianapolis Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 226-4251	363	31	11.7	71.3%	25 (6.9%)	195 (53.7%)	120 (33.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.3%)	3.6	1008^th of 1015 public elementary schools	0.7%		3.5	1002^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	0.3%	6			8.8	5.1	2.4				5.8	5.3	10.3	2.4				5.8	7.7		7.7	7.1		$19,776	$3,699	$16,076
The Oaks Academy - Brookside	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-5	3092 Brookside Pkwy N Dr	Indianapolis	46218	Marion County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(317) 822-4900	313	22	12.6		136 (43.5%)	99 (31.6%)	8 (2.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.2%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 46218

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Indianapolis	0.59 mi	267	371^st
Beech Grove	5.75 mi	7	362^nd
Speedway	7.82 mi	6	37^th
Carmel	9.35 mi	18	55^th
Fishers	9.74 mi	21	20^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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