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Schools in Zip Code 46342

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At a glance

Schools

5,445

Students

Districts

Top rankedJoan Martin Elementary School352^nd of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Veterans Elementary School at Mundell up 171 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

River Forest Middle School 14.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

1★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 46342 includes nine schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — five elementary, two middle, and two high schools — across two districts, with about 5,285 students enrolled. School City of Hobart educates roughly 75% of them (3,978 students) and ranks 112 of 374 districts statewide (70th percentile, 4 stars), while River Forest Community School Corp serves 1,307 students and ranks 325 of 374 (13th percentile, 1 star). The largest school is Hobart High School with 1,320 students; the smallest is Early Learning Center-George Earle with 264.

Among individual schools, Liberty Elementary School has the strongest math results in the ZIP (58.68% proficient versus the district's 43.24%) and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.2%, far below the state's 16.7%. Joan Martin Elementary School leads elementary social studies at 58.7% and science at 44.44%, and moved from the 56th to the 65th percentile. Veterans Elementary School at Mundell posted the biggest jump, from the 46th to the 63rd percentile. Hobart Middle School reports an unusually high Biology result of 81.71%, well above district and state figures. Hobart High School beats the state in SAT reading (55.66% versus 51.9%) and graduation (94.5% versus 89.7%), but trails in SAT math (19.18% versus 25.6%).

The sharpest contrast is at River Forest High School: it has the ZIP's highest graduation rate (96.8%) yet very low SAT proficiency (31.4% reading, 4.96% math) and the highest absenteeism (30.9%). River Forest Middle School has the lowest student-teacher ratio (14.7) but some of the lowest math and science results. John I Meister Elementary School also scores low in most subjects. Chronic absenteeism tracks closely with results: every Hobart school is below the state rate, and every River Forest school is above it. Per-student spending is similar in both districts, so it does not explain the gap. Early Learning Center-George Earle serves PK–K and has no comparable test data, so it should not be ranked academically against the graded schools.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Joan Martin Elementary School	Public	1-5	301 E 10th St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 947-7869	497	24	20.7	51.5%	274 (55.1%)	35 (7.0%)	161 (32.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.0%)	64.2	352^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	65.3%		56.6	440^th of 1005 public elementary schools	56.2%	88			46.4	43.5	47.8				45.8	59.5	53.7	41.3				51.4	44.4		44.4	58.7		$10,901	$793	$10,108
Early Learning Center-George Earle	Public	PK-K	400 N Wilson St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 942-7263	264	14	18.8	41.7%	137 (51.9%)	19 (7.2%)	82 (31.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.7%)								(n/a)																						$10,852	$1,125	$9,727
Hobart Middle School	Public	6-8	36 E 8th St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	No	(219) 942-8541	905	50	18.2	52.6%	574 (63.4%)	85 (9.4%)	210 (23.2%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.0%)	61.9	174^th of 486 public middle schools	64.2%		62.1	169^th of 480 public middle schools	64.8%	5						45.1	46.0	51.5	47.5				37.9	33.1	32.2	34.5		35.9	35.9		81.7	$12,110	$406	$11,705
Hobart High School	Public	9-12	2211 E Tenth St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	No	(219) 942-8521	1,320	66	20.1	51.3%	780 (59.1%)	120 (9.1%)	355 (26.9%)	16 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (3.6%)	52.6	177^th of 415 public high schools	57.3%		50.9	200^th of 429 public high schools	53.4%	23	55.7	19.2																			33.5	$12,431	$881	$11,550
Liberty Elementary School	Public	1-5	130 N Liberty St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 942-4251	398	22	18.5	58.0%	215 (54.0%)	52 (13.1%)	113 (28.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	61	385^th of 1015 public elementary schools	62.1%		55.4	454^th of 1005 public elementary schools	54.8%	69			40.0	44.2	40.0				41.3	57.3	61.0	57.8				58.7	40.3		40.3	42.2		$11,550	$1,022	$10,528
Veterans Elementary School at Mundell	Public	1-5	52 North Wisconsin St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	School City of Hobart	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 942-5614	594	31	19.4	67.7%	320 (53.9%)	61 (10.3%)	165 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.6%)	61.8	376^th of 1015 public elementary schools	63.0%		47.1	547^th of 1005 public elementary schools	45.6%	171			46.0	46.7	47.8				46.8	60.4	49.2	37.2				48.8	42.5		42.5	54.5		$10,076	$866	$9,210
John I Meister Elementary School	Public	K-5	3300 Jay St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	River Forest Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 962-1103	373	23	16.5	72.9%	136 (36.5%)	40 (10.7%)	168 (45.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.2%)	15.7	864^th of 1015 public elementary schools	14.9%		11.7	900^th of 1005 public elementary schools	10.4%	36			24.5	12.9	14.1				16.5	32.7	33.3	11.3				24.6	30.7		30.7	12.7		$10,504	$1,108	$9,396
River Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	3300 Indiana St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	River Forest Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 962-7551	369	25	14.7	74.0%	117 (31.7%)	64 (17.3%)	157 (42.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.3%)	20.7	385^th of 486 public middle schools	20.8%		21.1	375^th of 480 public middle schools	21.9%	10						18.7	29.1	30.5	26.3				14.0	20.5	7.7	14.1		10.3	10.3			$9,950	$713	$9,237
River Forest High School	Public	9-12	3300 Indiana St	Hobart	46342	Lake County	River Forest Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 962-7551	565	28	20.1	72.0%	152 (26.9%)	136 (24.1%)	238 (42.1%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	18.9	337^th of 415 public high schools	18.8%		15.9	364^th of 429 public high schools	15.2%	27	31.4	5.0																			28.9	$12,283	$332	$11,952
Montessori Academy In The Oaks	Private, Nonsectarian	PK, KG-3	2109 57th Ave	Hobart	46342	Lake County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(219) 942-9410	98	2	11.0	—	10 (10.2%)	4 (4.1%)	8 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Trinity Lutheran School	Private, Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	PK, KG-8	891 S Linda St	Hobart	46342	Lake County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(219) 942-3147	62	7	8.1	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 46342

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hobart	0.38 mi	9	318^th
Merrillville	2.54 mi	9	369^th
Portage	2.78 mi	12	344^th
Lake Station	3.28 mi	4	385^th
Gary	4 mi	27	392^nd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.