Summary:
Zip code 46392 in Wheatfield, Indiana contains two public elementary schools — Wheatfield Elementary School (grades K–3, 324 students) and Kankakee Valley Intermediate School (grades 4–5, 469 students) — both part of Kankakee Valley School Corp, a district ranked 93rd of 374 in Indiana (75th percentile, 4 stars). Together they enroll 793 students and cover the elementary years in two complementary grade bands rather than competing for the same students.
Wheatfield Elementary School posts the highest proficiency figure in this group: 75% proficient in Math in 2025–2026, above the district 3rd-grade math score of 63.59 and the state's 51.9. Its ELA result of 56.58% also beats the district (54.84%) and state (40.8%). Both subjects rose sharply from the prior year, with ELA up from 40.57% and Math up from 58.49%. It has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the data at 10.5%, below the district's 14.7% and the state's 16.7%, plus smaller classes (13.5 students per teacher) and higher per-student spending ($11,463). Since only 3rd grade is tested at a K–3 school, the math figure reflects 3rd grade, not all grades.
Kankakee Valley Intermediate School has held a 4-star rating for three years while climbing from 297th to 260th of roughly 1,015 Indiana schools. In 2025–2026 it beat the state in every reported grade-level test, including 5th-grade ELA (56.14 vs 42.2) and 5th-grade Math (57.89 vs 42), and its 5th-grade Social Studies score jumped from 38.72% to 55.7%. Science slipped from 50.67% to 46.05%, still above the state's 43.8%. Both schools have nearly identical low-income enrollment (about 52% free/reduced lunch) and below-average absenteeism — Wheatfield 10.5%, Intermediate 12.5% — making both strong choices.
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