Summary:
ZIP code 46514 has exactly one public high school serving grades 9–12: Elkhart High School, part of Elkhart Community Schools. Because it is the only high school in the area, every high-school outcome for this ZIP code is effectively this school's outcome, and there is no in-ZIP peer to compare it against. It is a large school, with 3,073 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.4 — roughly 200 teachers. Just over half of students (50.18%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending is $15,150.
The school's profile is mixed. Its graduation rate of 91.3% in 2024–2025 is above Indiana's 89.7% and matches the district rate. Attendance, however, is a serious concern: 39.4% of students were chronically absent, compared with 28.2% in the district and 16.7% statewide — about 2.4 times the state rate. Test proficiency is low across reported subjects. In 2025–2026, 12% of 11th graders were proficient in SAT math (state: 25.6%), 35.29% in SAT reading and writing (state: 51.9%), and 24.07% in end-of-course Biology (district: 29.77%; no state value was listed). The school has been ranked around 315–322 out of 415–432 schools, at the 23rd–27th percentile, with 1 star each year.
Year over year, results are mixed: SAT math improved from 10.64% to 12% (+1.36 points), while SAT reading and writing fell from 40.77% to 35.29% (−5.48 points) and Biology slipped from 25.47% to 24.07% (−1.40 points). For parents, the takeaway is that students here graduate at a relatively high rate, but many are not demonstrating proficiency on key exams, and chronic absenteeism is far above district and state levels — a combination worth asking about directly when evaluating the school.
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