Summary:
Zip code 46382 covers Union Mills, Indiana, and is served by two schools, both in the South Central Com School Corp: South Central Elementary School, serving grades PK–6 with 523 students, and South Central Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 7–12 with 463 students. There are no separate middle schools — grades 7 and 8 are housed in the junior-senior high — so total enrollment in the area is 986 students. The district ranks 86th of 374 in Indiana, in the 77th percentile, with a 4-star rating.
South Central Elementary is the clear academic standout. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three school years and ranks 195 of 1,015 statewide, in the 81st percentile. Chronic absenteeism is just 7.5%, well below the district's 10.0% and the state's 16.7%. Math results are especially strong in grades 3–5 — 77.03% proficient in 3rd grade, 75.36% in 4th grade, and 60% in 5th grade — and 4th grade ELA (66.67%) and science (65.22%) are well above state levels. The main weak spot is 5th grade ELA at 36.47%, below the state's 42.2%.
The junior-senior high presents a more mixed picture. Its 95.7% graduation rate beats the state's 89.7%, and the school improved from 2 stars to 3 stars in 2025–2026. Biology proficiency rose to 63.64% from 50% the year before. But math is a serious weakness: 37.66% proficient across all grades versus the district's 55.38%, and only 7.25% on SAT math against the state's 25.6%. SAT reading and writing also fell to 47.83%, now below the state's 51.9%, and chronic absenteeism is 12.9% — above the district but below the state. Notably, the high school spends more per student ($12,129 vs. $10,353) with smaller classes, yet its math outcomes still lag.
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