Summary:
ZIP code 46260, on the northwest side of Indianapolis, contains four elementary schools serving a combined 1,832 students: three K–5 campuses in MSD Washington Township and one K–7 school, Girls IN STEM Academy. Willow Lake Elementary School (739 students) is the largest, followed by Spring Mill Elementary School (529) and Greenbriar Elementary School (509); Girls IN STEM Academy is by far the smallest at 55 students.
Girls IN STEM Academy is the clear academic standout, ranking in the 79th percentile of Indiana elementary schools with 4 stars. Its all-grade ELA proficiency is 62.79%, and its 5th grade results are far above state levels — 81.82% in ELA, 72.73% in Math, and 63.64% in Social Studies. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 6.8 and the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 67.27%. Among the three MSD Washington Township schools, Spring Mill is the strongest: 48th percentile and 2 stars, with all-grade Math at 46.69% (above the district's 43.07%) and Science at 39.02%, plus the highest per-student spending at $15,113.
Willow Lake (28th percentile, 1 star) and Greenbriar (26th percentile, 1 star) rank in the bottom third statewide. Willow Lake has the largest enrollment, the highest student-teacher ratio (17.1), the lowest MSD spending ($13,015), and very low science proficiency (18.57%); it did improve ELA from 21.13% to 31.23%. Greenbriar has the lowest ELA (24.32%) and the highest chronic absenteeism (23.9%), well above the district's 16.4% and the state's 16.7%. All three MSD schools trail their own district in every all-grade subject, especially Science, and all three exceed district and state absenteeism rates.
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