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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 46342

At a glance

Schools

2,126

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

John I Meister Elementary School 16.5 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 46342 in Hobart, Indiana is home to five elementary schools serving roughly 2,126 students in grades PK–K through 5: four belong to School City of Hobart and one, John I Meister Elementary School, to River Forest Community School Corp. District quality differs sharply — Hobart ranks 112 of 374 Indiana districts (70th percentile, 4 stars), while River Forest ranks 325 of 374 (13th percentile, 1 star) — and that gap shapes nearly every comparison below.

Among the tested schools, Joan Martin Elementary School has the strongest overall profile: the best rank (352 of 1,015, 65th percentile, 3 stars), the highest 5th-grade Social Studies proficiency at 58.7%, and Math (51.41%) and Science (44.44%) above Hobart district averages. Veterans Elementary School at Mundell, the largest school with 594 students, scores above the Hobart district in all-grade ELA, Math, and Science and jumped from 46th to 63rd percentile in one year. Liberty Elementary School is the math and attendance standout — highest all-grade Math at 58.68% and lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.2% — but its ELA (41.32%) and 5th-grade Social Studies (42.22%) trail district and state rates.

John I Meister Elementary School is the clear outlier: 864 of 1,015 (15th percentile, 1 star), chronic absenteeism of 23.5% versus the state's 16.7%, and the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 72.92%. Its scores are low across subjects, though it does beat its own River Forest averages in Math and Science. Early Learning Center-George Earle, a PK–K school, has no current test scores and should be judged on attendance (11.5%), its lowest-in-group free/reduced lunch rate (41.67%), spending, and staffing instead. Notably, poverty and spending do not simply predict outcomes here: Liberty serves more low-income students than Joan Martin yet posts the top Math score, while Meister has the smallest classes and still the lowest results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)				ILEARN Math (2026)				ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	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			$11,420	$488	$10,932
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)												50%		$12,441	$802	$11,639
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			$12,066	$634	$11,432
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			$10,762	$630	$10,132
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	66.7%		$10,660	$784	$9,877

Cities Near Zip Code 46342

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hobart	0.38 mi	9	274^th
Merrillville	2.54 mi	9	355^th
Portage	2.78 mi	12	343^rd
Lake Station	3.28 mi	4	379^th
Gary	4 mi	27	390^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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