Schools in Zip Code 46347

ZIP code 46347 covers Kouts, Indiana, where two public schools serve a combined 704 students in East Porter County School Corp: Kouts Elementary School for grades K–5 (323 students) and Kouts Middle/High School for grades 6–12 (381 students). The middle grades are housed inside the middle/high school, so there is no separate middle school. The district is one of the strongest in the state, ranking 21st of 374 Indiana districts (94th percentile, 5 stars).

Kouts Elementary School is the improvement standout, climbing from the 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 84th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026. Its all-grade ILEARN math proficiency is 65.61%, above the district's 57.45%, and science is 57.14% versus the district's 54.21%, while ELA at 54.14% trails the district's 60.79%. Grade-level math is a clear strength — 3rd grade math is 76.19% against the state's 51.9% — and chronic absenteeism is low at 7.9%, better than the district's 8.7% and the state's 16.7%.

Kouts Middle/High School posts a 95.5% graduation rate (state: 89.7%) and standout Biology results of 85.71%, above the district's 76.44%. Grades 6–8 math also beat state levels, including 8th grade math at 48.08% versus 34.2%. However, its rank has cooled from a 2023–2024 peak of 94th percentile and 5 stars to 82nd percentile and 4 stars, and SAT math is the clearest weakness at 19.57%, below the state's 25.6% and the district's 37.97%, down from 27.27% a year earlier. Science fell nearly 11 points year over year, and chronic absenteeism is 15.0% — below the state but nearly double the elementary school.