Summary:
ZIP code 46528 is home to two elementary schools: Jefferson Elementary School, a K–3 school in Middlebury Community Schools with 344 students, and Chamberlain Elementary School, a K–4 school in Goshen Community Schools with 342 students. The two are nearly identical in size — just two students apart — but differ in grade span, student poverty, spending, attendance, and test performance.
Jefferson is the academic standout. In 2025–2026, its All Grades/3rd-grade ILEARN proficiency was 82.67% in ELA and 90.67% in math, well above its district (69.96% ELA, 78.8% math) and the state (40.8% ELA, 51.9% math). Results held steady year over year, with ELA moving from 82.47% to 82.67% and math from 88.66% to 90.67%. Chronic absenteeism was 11.0%, below the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7%, with 55.52% free/reduced lunch, $10,360 per-student spending, and a 12.1 student-teacher ratio.
Chamberlain records lower absolute proficiency but beats its district in every All Grades subject: ELA 37.91% vs 35.38%, math 50.98% vs 40.04%, and science 47.13% vs 28.83%. Its 4th-grade results are above state averages in ELA (44.83% vs 42.2%), math (52.87% vs 52%), and science (47.13% vs 43.8%), while 3rd-grade ELA lags at 28.79% vs the state's 40.8%. Absenteeism is 17.7% — below its district's 22.0% but above the state's 16.7% — and it serves a higher-poverty population (80.12% free/reduced lunch) while spending more per student ($13,757). Because Jefferson is K–3, its "All Grades" scores reflect 3rd grade only, so direct school-to-school comparisons are approximate.
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