Schools in Zip Code 46516

ZIP code 46516 in Elkhart, Indiana is home to six public schools — five elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 4 or pre-K through grade 5, and one high school for grades 9–12 — with no middle school in the ZIP. Together they enroll 2,591 students, about 90% of them in the elementaries. The schools span Concord Community Schools and Elkhart Community Schools, plus the single-school Excel Center - Elkhart district.

Among the elementaries, Concord Ox Bow Elementary School is the clear standout: a 3-star school in each of the last three years, now at the 65th percentile, with 4th-grade ELA proficiency of 63.16% (state: 42.2%) and the only science score above the state bar. Riverview Elementary School ranks at the 47th percentile against a district at the 15th percentile, beating it by roughly 20 points in every subject. Roosevelt STEAM Academy remains at the 27th percentile but posted the ZIP's biggest gains (math 24.67% to 36.2%). Concord East Side Elementary School is declining sharply (69th to 49th percentile; math down 10.4 points), and Mary Beck Elementary School has been 0-star for three years with 4.29% ELA proficiency. Excel Center - Elkhart is a re-engagement high school — a 15.1% graduation rate, 98.5% chronic absenteeism, a reported 0% SAT proficiency in 2024–25, and 2025–26 SAT results suppressed by the state — so it should not be compared with the elementaries.

For parents, two patterns stand out. Free/reduced lunch rates barely vary across the five elementaries (53.94%–56.95%), so poverty does not explain the wide proficiency gap; meanwhile, per-student spending runs inversely with outcomes, with the two highest spenders at the bottom. Chronic absenteeism tracks results most closely. Grade 4 is a bright spot, while grade 3 math and grade 5 social studies are weak across the ZIP.