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Best High Schools in Zip Code 46342

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Schools

1,885

Students

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Top rankedHobart High School177^th of 415 Indiana high schools

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Biggest riser

River Forest High School up 27 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 46342 contains two high schools, both serving grades 9–12: Hobart High School, part of School City of Hobart, with 1,320 students, and River Forest High School, part of River Forest Community School Corp, with 565 students. Test results below cover 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while graduation, absenteeism, free/reduced lunch, and student-teacher ratios are from 2024–2025.

Hobart High School is the stronger academic performer. It ranked 177 out of 415 schools in 2025–2026 (57th percentile, 3 stars), and its district ranked 112 out of 374 (70th percentile, 4 stars). Hobart outperformed River Forest in Biology, SAT Reading/Writing, and SAT Math in both years; its SAT Reading/Writing proficiency of 55.66% in 2025–2026 was above the state's 51.9%. Chronic absenteeism was 14.9%, below the state's 16.7%, and its 94.5% graduation rate exceeded the state's 89.7%. SAT Math remains a relative weakness at 19.18%, below the state's 25.6%.

River Forest High School stands out for its 96.8% graduation rate, the highest in this comparison, yet it ranked 337 out of 415 (19th percentile, 1 star), with its district at 325 out of 374 (13th percentile, 1 star). Its SAT Math proficiency was 4.96% in 2025–2026 and SAT Reading/Writing was 31.40%, well below Hobart. Chronic absenteeism was 30.9%, roughly double Hobart's and 14.2 points above the state. River Forest enrolls more students from low-income backgrounds (72.04% free/reduced lunch versus 51.29%), but per-student spending ($12,283 vs $12,431) and student-teacher ratios (20.1 for both) are nearly identical. Both schools improved their rank from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	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	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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	$12,437	$392	$12,045
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	$13,127	$285	$12,842

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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