Summary:
ZIP code 46501 is home to two public schools — Argos Community Elementary (PK–5, 319 students) and Argos Community Junior-Senior High School (grades 6–12, 320 students) — both in the small Argos Community Schools district, with about 639 students total and no separate middle or alternative school.
Each school stands out for something different. The junior-senior high posts a 100.0% graduation rate (state 89.7%) and 10.2% chronic absenteeism (state 16.7%), plus a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12 versus the elementary's 14.1. Its science results are a relative bright spot: 47.22% across all grades, above the district's 44.68%. The elementary's strength is math, where all-grades proficiency is 44.22% against a district figure of 36.46%; 5th grade math is 45.1% versus the state's 42%, and 5th grade social studies is 52.94% versus 47.2%. Elementary science also jumped from 31.48% to 43.1% year over year. Both schools serve economically disadvantaged populations (50.94% and 56.11% free/reduced lunch) yet keep absenteeism well under the state average.
The shared challenge is English language arts. Elementary ELA is 27.7% and high school ELA 25.53%, below state at every reported grade. The high school's overall rank slipped from the 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 41st percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, and Biology EOC fell from 61.11% to 21.43%. SAT scores improved but remain below state. Per-student spending differs sharply: $25,145 at the high school versus $8,503 at the elementary. The district overall ranks 235th of 374 in Indiana, at the 37th percentile with 2 stars.
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