Best High Schools in Zip Code 46536

ZIP code 46536 has two schools serving grades 7–12, both in the Union-North United School Corp: LaVille Junior-Senior High School, with 546 students, and Lancer Virtual School, with just 26 students. The district is ranked 233 of 374 in Indiana, in the 38th percentile with 2 stars, but the two schools have very different profiles.

LaVille Junior-Senior High School is the larger, traditional school and has the stronger recent school-level ranking: 165 of 415, 60th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, up from 34th percentile and 2 stars the year before. Its graduation rate is 97.8%, above the district’s 97.1% and state’s 89.7%. Its SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency is 54.32%, above the district’s 52.27% and state’s 51.9%. However, chronic absenteeism is 20.3%, above district 12.2% and state 16.7%. Math is a clear challenge: SAT Math is 18.52% versus state 25.6%, and 8th-grade ILEARN math is 13.16% versus state 34.2%; ILEARN ELA and math at shown grades are also below state.

Lancer Virtual School is much smaller and has a different context. Its latest available rank is 322 of 429, 25th percentile and 1 star in 2024–2025, an improvement from 9th percentile and 0 stars in 2023–2024. Its graduation rate is 91.6%, above the state’s 89.7% but below the district’s 97.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 25.0%, higher than both. Free/reduced lunch is 69.23% versus 51.1% at the larger school; per-pupil spending is $2,894 versus $11,312; and the reported student-teacher ratio is 52 versus 13.8. Many school-level test results are not reported, and with only 26 students, percentages can swing widely. Available 2024–2025 SAT EBRW is 28.57%, below district and state, while SAT Math is 14.29%, above district but below state.