Summary:
ZIP code 46392 covers Wheatfield, Indiana, and is served by the Kankakee Valley School Corp, with four public schools serving grades K–12: Wheatfield Elementary School (K–3), Kankakee Valley Intermediate School (4–5), Kankakee Valley Middle School (6–8), and Kankakee Valley High School (9–12), enrolling 2,497 students total.
The district overall is rated 4 stars and 75th percentile, but performance varies widely by school. Wheatfield Elementary School is the clearest standout in math, with 75.00% proficiency and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.5%. Kankakee Valley Intermediate School is also strong across ELA (50.22%), math (58.55%), science (46.05%), and social studies (55.70%), and its rank has improved from the 71st to 74th percentile. Kankakee Valley High School has a strong 94.9% graduation rate and 56.48% SAT reading proficiency, but SAT math is only 25.91%, and chronic absenteeism is the highest at 21.2%. Kankakee Valley Middle School is the weakest: 3 stars, a rank that slipped from the 63rd to 57th percentile, and proficiency below the district in ELA (39.12% vs. 45.36%), math (34.55% vs. 47.24%), and science (36.32% vs. 41.13%).
For parents, the biggest takeaways are that early math is a strength: the two elementary schools are well above the district, but math drops sharply by middle school. Higher poverty does not automatically mean lower performance here, since the elementary schools have the highest free/reduced-lunch rates yet often outperform the middle and high school. Spending also does not explain results: the middle school spends the least and performs weakest, while the intermediate school spends only slightly more and performs well. Chronic absenteeism is a warning sign at the high school, and math is weaker than reading at the secondary level. Rank trends are uneven: the intermediate school is improving, the middle school is declining, and the high school is volatile, so the district’s overall 4-star rating masks different momentum across grade levels.
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