Schools in Zip Code 46526

ZIP code 46526 covers 11 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high, and 1 alternative — serving roughly 7,325 students, and it is effectively two different school worlds. Fairfield Community Schools has just two schools (about 1,425 students, ~19% of enrollment) but ranks 78 of 374 districts statewide (79th percentile, 4 stars). Goshen Community Schools has nine schools and about 5,900 students (~81%) and ranks 237 of 374 (37th percentile, 2 stars), with much higher poverty rates: free/reduced lunch runs about 61%–72% across Goshen schools versus 20.58% and 28.18% at Fairfield's two schools.

The standout individual school is Benton Elementary School, which ranks 162 of 1,015 (84th percentile, 4 stars) with all-grades math proficiency of 67.25% and ELA of 53.52% — far above the other elementaries, whose all-grades math sits around 43%–48% and ELA around 29%–38%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (8.2%), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (20.58%), and the lowest per-student spending in the ZIP ($9,320). At the secondary level, Fairfield Junior-Senior High School ranks 97 of 415 (77th percentile, 4 stars) with a 99.2% graduation rate. Goshen High School improved to 204 of 415 (51st percentile, 3 stars) with rising Biology and SAT scores, but chronic absenteeism is 30.3%, and Parkside Elementary School climbed from the 30th to the 44th percentile.

Science is the sharpest subject-level weakness: West Goshen Elementary School posts 16.07% all-grades science (vs 43.8% state in 4th grade), and Waterford Elementary School fell from 42.86% to 25.37% science while dropping from 3 stars to 2. Chandler Innovation Academy, an alternative school, is an extreme outlier at a 14.8% graduation rate, 0% ELA and math proficiency, and a 37.5 student-teacher ratio. Across the ZIP, poverty and absenteeism track closely with performance, and higher spending does not guarantee higher proficiency.