Schools in Zip Code 46224

ZIP code 46224 contains 14 schools serving 5,744 students — nine elementary schools (about 63% of enrollment), two middle schools (about 15%), and three high schools (about 21%) — operated by six districts or operators on the west side of Indianapolis, including Indianapolis Public Schools, School Town of Speedway, MSD Wayne Township, Enlace Academy, Excel Center - West, and Monarca Academy.

Performance here is sharply divided. School Town of Speedway ranks 16 of 374 districts (96th percentile, 5 stars), and its schools lead the area. James A. Allison Elementary School 3 ranks 48 of 1,015 (5 stars) with 2025-26 All Grades ILEARN ELA 75.47, Math 71.70, and the area's lowest chronic absenteeism at 0.7%. Carl G. Fisher Elementary School 1, Speedway Junior High School, Frank H Wheeler Elementary School 4, and Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 are also strong, and Speedway Senior High School graduates 99.1% versus the state's 89.7%. Outside Speedway, Enlace Academy is the bright spot: its rank percentile climbed 2 to 16 to 25, All Grades ELA rose from 18.06 to 24.55 and Math from 22.12 to 31.98, and chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, below the state's 16.7%, despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 81.78%.

The contrast is not simply about poverty: Speedway averages about 61.9% free/reduced lunch, close to the 62.7% elsewhere excluding Excel, yet elementary ILEARN differs by roughly 45 to 50 points. Meredith Nicholson School 96 ranks 1,003 of 1,015, with 4th grade ELA at 1.79 against a state rate of 42.2. Garden City Elementary School and Northwest Middle School - an IB World School post chronic absenteeism of 24.7% and 25.8%, and Northwest spends $28,033 per student. Excel Center - West, with a 9.5% graduation rate and 98.0% absenteeism, is clearly a nontraditional setting.