Summary:
ZIP code 46360 covers Michigan City, Indiana, and contains 11 schools — eight elementary, two middle, and one high school — all within Michigan City Area Schools, serving roughly 4,991 students; the district itself ranks 277th of 374 in Indiana, in the 26th percentile with 1 star. Free and reduced-price lunch rates run from 63.78% to 77.16% across every school, so economic need is high throughout the area, and per-student spending ranges from $13,456 to $17,634 without a clear link to results.
Among elementaries, Knapp Elementary School has the strongest overall profile — 49th percentile, 2 stars, and above-district results in ELA (36.11%), math (44.44%), and science (44.25%). Pine Elementary School is the clearest improver, rising from the 28th to the 36th to the 43rd percentile over three years. Joy Elementary School has held steady at 2 stars with math at 41.23% and science at 32%, while Barker Middle School is the strongest middle school at the 31st percentile, with ELA at 32.07%.
Challenges are shared. Chronic absenteeism at every school exceeds the state's 16.7%; at Michigan City High School it reaches 46.1%, and SAT math proficiency there is 9.38%. Middle school math is a weak point too — Barker at 18.53% and Martin T Krueger Middle School at 12.96%. Krueger is also the data's biggest outlier: Biology proficiency of 86.67%, far above the district's 23.42%, even as its core ELA and math lag.
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