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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46321

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At a glance

Schools

4,101

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedFrank H Hammond Elementary School18^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Ernest R Elliott Elementary School up 9 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ernest R Elliott Elementary School 14.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Zip code 46321 covers Munster, Indiana, where five public schools — Frank H Hammond Elementary School, James B Eads Elementary School, Ernest R Elliott Elementary School, Wilbur Wright Middle School, and Munster High School — serve about 4,101 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades. All five belong to the School Town of Munster district, which ranks 9th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 98th percentile with 5 stars. Elementary schools enroll 1,637 students, the middle school 990, and the high school 1,474.

Frank H Hammond is the standout elementary, ranked 18th of 1,015 elementary schools in the 98th percentile with 5 stars — a level it has held for three straight years — leading the zip in ELA at 73.07%, math at 83.59%, science at 67.59%, and social studies at 74.55%, while posting the lowest chronic absenteeism (6.9%), lowest free/reduced lunch rate (16.61%), and lowest per-student spending ($10,290). Munster High ranks 17th of 415 high schools (96th percentile, 5 stars) with a 98.0% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, SAT ERW at 77.06% versus the state's 51.9%, and SAT Math at 48.32% versus 25.6%, though its Biology ILEARN score of 65.7% trails the district's 72.31%. Wilbur Wright is 5-star and in the 97th percentile, with ELA at 70.28% and biology at 96.77% (100% the prior year), but math at 58.35% sits below the district's 65.67%.

James B Eads is 5-star and in the 91st percentile, and despite the zip's highest free/reduced lunch rate (30.32%) it beats the district in math at 70.18%, though its ELA (64.21%) is below district and its percentile slipped from 95% to 91% over three years. Ernest R Elliott is the only 4-star school, in the 88th percentile, with the smallest enrollment (463) and lowest student-teacher ratio (14.7); its 5th-grade math of 53.57% lags its own 3rd-grade 69.57% and 4th-grade 73.12%. Chronic absenteeism is between 6.9% and 8.8% at every school, far below the state's 16.7%, and elementary ELA rose at all three elementary schools year over year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ernest R Elliott Elementary School	Public	K-5	8718 White Oak Ave	Munster	46321	Lake County	School Town of Munster	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 838-5250	463	31	14.7	24.8%	261 (56.4%)	15 (3.2%)	146 (31.5%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.3%)	86.6	117^th of 1015 public elementary schools	88.5%		85.9	126^th of 1005 public elementary schools	87.5%	9			65.2	64.5	67.9				65.8	69.6	73.1	53.6				65.8	55.9		55.9	64.3		$11,166	$502	$10,664
Frank H Hammond Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1301 Fran-Lin Pky	Munster	46321	Lake County	School Town of Munster	No	No	No	No	(219) 838-2060	620	41	15.0	16.6%	325 (52.4%)	46 (7.4%)	170 (27.4%)	43 (6.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.5%)	95.9	18^th of 1015 public elementary schools	98.2%		95.3	23^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	97.7%	5			79.1	66.7	73.6				73.1	88.6	86.1	76.4				83.6	67.6		67.6	74.6		$10,290	$304	$9,986
James B Eads Elementary School	Public	K-5	8001 Harrison Ave	Munster	46321	Lake County	School Town of Munster	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 836-8635	554	35	15.6	30.3%	212 (38.3%)	82 (14.8%)	191 (34.5%)	28 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.4%)	88.3	89^th of 1015 public elementary schools	91.2%		91.8	59^th of 1005 public elementary schools	94.1%	30			52.8	67.0	72.3				64.2	65.9	74.0	70.2				70.2	57.0		57.0	74.5		$11,032	$475	$10,557
Munster High School	Public	9-12	8808 Columbia Ave	Munster	46321	Lake County	School Town of Munster	No	No	No	No	(219) 836-3200	1,474	88	16.6	25.0%	663 (45.0%)	152 (10.3%)	472 (32.0%)	117 (7.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (4.7%)	90.6	17^th of 415 public high schools	95.9%		90.8	10^th of 429 public high schools	97.7%	7	77.1	48.3																			65.7	$11,384	$376	$11,008
Wilbur Wright Middle School	Public	6-8	8650 Columbia Ave	Munster	46321	Lake County	School Town of Munster	No	No	No	No	(219) 836-6260	990	52	19.1	26.1%	509 (51.4%)	85 (8.6%)	266 (26.9%)	78 (7.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (4.9%)	94.4	17^th of 486 public middle schools	96.5%		92.6	22^nd of 480 public middle schools	95.4%	5						67.7	70.8	72.1	70.3				65.8	54.7	55.5	58.4		58.9	58.9		96.8	$10,651	$339	$10,313

Cities Near Zip Code 46321

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Munster	0.29 mi	5	12^th
Hammond	1.84 mi	16	384^th
Highland	2.01 mi	7	167^th
Dyer	3.2 mi	3	51^st
Griffith	3.4 mi	4	278^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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