Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46227

ZIP code 46227 on the south side of Indianapolis contains 15 schools serving roughly 9,376 students and spanning PK–12 — two PK–1 kindergarten campuses and nine elementaries feed two middle-grade buildings and three high schools — with the large majority enrolled in Perry Township Schools, which operates 12 of the 15 campuses and about 93% of the area's students.

Among the elementaries, William Henry Burkhart Elementary is the clear academic standout, leading every tested subject (ELA 47.31%, Math 52.51%, Science 47.89%) despite 76.84% free/reduced lunch, and ranking 326 of 1,015 Indiana elementaries at 3 stars — up from 490 a year earlier. Douglas MacArthur Elementary School has the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.6% and 3rd grade Math at 60%, while Southport Elementary School posts Math 45.56% at the ZIP's highest poverty rate (82.0%). At the other end, Clinton Young Elementary School ranks 923 of 1,015 with 0 stars (ELA 11.41%, Science 12.75%), and Winchester Village Elementary sits in the 13th percentile. Southport Elementary and Winchester Village have nearly identical poverty rates yet a gap of roughly 22 points in Math.

At the secondary level, Southport High School graduates 94.4% of students, above the state's 89.7%, but 38.5% are chronically absent and SAT Math proficiency is 16.23%. Three special-purpose campuses — Excel Center - University Heights (432 students, $3,606 each, 36:1 ratio, 90.1% absenteeism), RISE Learning Center ($42,785 per student) and The Hope Academy Inc. (31 students, 1.8:1 ratio, $47,333 per student) — serve entirely different missions and should not be compared with the comprehensive schools.