Summary:
ZIP code 46528 contains two public elementary schools: Jefferson Elementary School (grades K–3, 344 students, in Middlebury Community Schools) and Chamberlain Elementary School (grades K–4, 342 students, in Goshen Community Schools). No middle, high, or alternative schools are listed for this ZIP. Enrollment at the two schools is nearly identical, but their grade spans differ: Jefferson's "all grades" results are effectively third-grade-only, while Chamberlain's combine third and fourth grade, so all-grade comparisons are useful but not perfectly apples-to-apples.
Jefferson Elementary School is the academic standout. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, 82.67% of students were proficient in English language arts and 90.67% in math — far above its district (53.54% ELA, 59.68% math) and the state's third-grade averages (40.8% ELA, 51.9% math). Its chronic absenteeism rate of 11.0% is also lower than the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7%. Jefferson achieves this while spending $10,360 per student, compared with $13,757 at Chamberlain, and with a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio of 12.1 versus 13.5.
Chamberlain Elementary serves a higher-poverty population, with 80.12% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch versus 55.52% at Jefferson, and its chronic absenteeism of 17.7% is below its district's 22.0% but above the state's 16.7%. Its results are more mixed. Science is a bright spot: 47.13% proficiency at all grades and in fourth grade, well above the district's 28.83% and above the state's 43.8%. Fourth-grade ELA (44.83%) and math (52.87%) also beat district and state averages, and the school has held a steady 3-star rating for three years. Third-grade ELA, however, is a weak point at 28.79%, below the district's 32.96% and the state's 40.8%.
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