Summary:
ZIP code 46375 contains four schools serving students in grades PK–8: three elementary schools (PK–4) and one middle school (5–8), all within the Lake Central School Corporation. There is no high school in this ZIP. Enrollment totals 2,366 students. The district ranks 27th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 93rd percentile with a 5-star rating, and all four local schools earned 4-star ratings for 2025–2026.
Homan Elementary School is the strongest all-around performer: it has the ZIP's highest ELA proficiency (62.58%), the top elementary science score (62.07%), and math at 65.64%, with the best rank here at 140th of 1,015 elementary schools. Peifer Elementary School made the biggest turnaround, rising from 3 stars to 4 stars and leading the ZIP in math at 66.49%, though its ELA (50.26%) is the weakest locally. James H Watson Elementary School stands out for attendance, with just 9.0% chronic absenteeism — well below the district's 16.2% and the state's 16.7% — alongside solid ELA (58.1%) and math (62.38%).
Michael Grimmer Middle School is the largest school (814 students) but shows a clear math gap: 42.84% proficiency, 13.67 points below the district, with every grade-level math score below district though above state. Across the ZIP, elementary math averages 64.84% — about 8.33 points above district — while ELA sits essentially at district level. Every school here keeps absenteeism below both district and state averages, and all four rate 4 stars, making this a strong overall area to consider; the main things to watch are Grimmer's middle-school math and Peifer's ELA.
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