Summary:
ZIP code 46327 is served by two public elementary schools — Washington Irving Elementary School and Abraham Lincoln Elementary School — both PK–6 campuses in the School City of Hammond district, with a combined enrollment of 1,319 students and no middle or high schools inside the ZIP code.
Washington Irving is the stronger of the two in 2025–2026. It ranks 889th of 1,015 schools (12th percentile) with 1 star, compared with Abraham Lincoln at 963rd of 1,015 (5th percentile) with 0 stars. Washington Irving leads in all-grade English Language Arts (18.7% vs. 8.62%), all-grade math (17.96% vs. 12.37%), and 5th-grade social studies (25.74% vs. 18.84%). Its statewide rank has also improved over three years, from 943rd to 889th, while Abraham Lincoln’s has slipped from 836th to 963rd. Abraham Lincoln’s relative strengths are narrower but real: all-grade science (14.91% vs. 10.93%), 4th- and 6th-grade science, and 6th-grade ELA and math, where Washington Irving’s 6th-grade math is just 1.08%. Abraham Lincoln also has the smaller student-teacher ratio, 17.7 vs. 20.1.
Both schools face significant shared challenges. Chronic absenteeism is 35.8% at Washington Irving and 37.8% at Abraham Lincoln, above the district rate of 28.9% and roughly double the state rate of 16.7%. Free/reduced lunch is 56.37% and 61.24% respectively, and proficiency in nearly every subject and grade falls well below Indiana averages. The broader district context is also difficult: School City of Hammond is ranked 351st of 374 districts in Indiana — the 6th percentile — with 0 district stars. Notably, Abraham Lincoln spends more per student ($11,639 vs. $10,891) yet ranks lower overall, showing that higher spending alone has not produced higher overall achievement in this snapshot.
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