Summary:
ZIP code 46394 covers Whiting, Indiana, where three public schools serve roughly 1,091 students, all within the School City of Whiting district: Nathan Hale Elementary School (PK–5, 396 students), Whiting Middle School (6–8, 250 students), and Whiting High School (9–12, 445 students). The district ranks 223rd of 374 Indiana districts — the 40th percentile with a 2-star rating — but the individual schools differ far more than that single summary suggests. All three serve similarly high-poverty populations, with free/reduced-price lunch rates between 65.6% and 68.31%.
Whiting Middle School is the clearest standout: it ranks 202nd of 486 (58th percentile, 3 stars) and has improved from the 43rd to the 58th percentile over three years. Its chronic absenteeism is just 11.8%, better than both the district (19.7%) and state (16.7%), and its 8th grade ELA score of 60.76% far exceeds the state's 44%. Nathan Hale Elementary School sits at 561st of 1,015 (45th percentile, 2 stars), with bright spots in 5th grade ELA (50.7% vs. the state's 42.2%) but the ZIP code's highest chronic absenteeism at 25.1%. Whiting High School ranks lowest (303rd of 415, 27th percentile, 1 star), yet graduates 92.3% of students, above the state's 89.7%.
Math is a shared weakness: the high school's SAT Math is 16.82%, the middle school's all-grades math is 28.21%, and Nathan Hale's 4th grade math is 35.29% against the state's 52%. Spending and staffing do not track neatly with results — the high school spends the most per student ($11,942) yet ranks lowest, while Whiting Middle sits in the middle on spending and staff ratio but posts the strongest outcomes.
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