Schools in Zip Code 46259

ZIP code 46259 contains six schools, all part of the Franklin Township Com School Corp, together serving about 7,802 students from kindergarten through 12th grade: three K–3 elementary schools, one intermediate school for grades 4–6, one junior high for grades 7–8, and one high school. Enrollment is heavily concentrated at the top — Franklin Central High School alone enrolls 3,438 students, or 44.1% of the ZIP total, followed by Franklin Central Junior High with 1,797 and Lillie Idella Kitley Intermediate with 1,365. The three elementary schools are far smaller: South Creek (476), Mary Adams (451), and Acton (275).

The strongest academic results come from South Creek Elementary, where 61.59% of students passed ELA and 78.99% passed math — well above the district (40.87% ELA, 42.28% math) and the state (40.8% ELA, 51.9% math). Mary Adams Elementary School is also strong, at 50.55% ELA and 62.64% math. Kitley Intermediate beats the district in ELA (46.78%), math (48.12%), and science (46.46%), and its 5th grade social studies proficiency of 63.91% is 16.71 points above the state. Franklin Central High School improved to 4 stars and the 79th percentile, with a 98.7% graduation rate and SAT results above state.

The clearest concern is Franklin Central Junior High, which slipped to the 57th percentile and trails the district in ELA (39.33%) and especially math (32.22%). Acton Elementary School has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 14.8, but its ELA (37.5%) and math (43.75%) both dropped from the prior year. Chronic absenteeism is low in the younger grades — Mary Adams 7.9%, Acton 8.4%, South Creek 11.8%, Kitley 12.4% — but much higher at the junior high (18.5%) and the high school (22.9%), both above the district's 15.3% and the state's 16.7%.