Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46237

Zip code 46237 is home to four public schools, all elementary, serving roughly 2,002 students across two districts: Perry Township Schools, which runs Mary Bryan Elementary School and Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten, and Franklin Township Com School Corp, which runs Bunker Hill Elementary School and Arlington Elementary School. Grade spans vary widely: Mary Bryan covers PK–5, Bunker Hill and Arlington serve K–3, and Jeremiah Gray serves only PK–1. Because state testing begins in the upper grades, Jeremiah Gray has no test data here, and Bunker Hill and Arlington report only 3rd-grade results; Mary Bryan is the only school with grades 4–5 data.

Bunker Hill Elementary School is the academic standout, with 53.77% proficient in ELA and 65.09% in math across all grades — both well above its district — plus the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.7%. Mary Bryan Elementary School is mixed: math (41.11%) and science (39.42%) beat district averages and its 10.4% absenteeism is a clear strength, but ELA (29.45%) trails its district, and 5th-grade math and social studies fall below state levels. Arlington Elementary School shows the lowest current proficiency among tested schools (20.63% ELA, 28.57% math) despite the highest per-student spending ($12,694) and lowest student-teacher ratio (14.4). Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten has no test data; its notable figures are 17.5% absenteeism and a 19.8 student-teacher ratio, the group's highest.

Comparing schools directly: Bunker Hill outperforms Arlington, its fellow Franklin Township K–3 school, by more than 30 percentage points in both ELA and math. In this small snapshot, higher spending and smaller classes do not line up with higher achievement. Chronic absenteeism is below district averages at every school, though Jeremiah Gray's 17.5% is above the state's 16.7%. Historical rankings deserve caution — Arlington reached the 81st percentile in 2018–2019 but scores low now, while Bunker Hill's strong current results match its earlier high rankings. Parents should weigh the metrics each school actually reports, since grade spans and data years differ.