Summary:
ZIP code 46539 in Mentone, Indiana, is served by one public school: Mentone Elementary School, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 384 students in the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp.
Mentone Elementary is the only school in this ZIP, so all local public-school data applies to it. Its state rank improved from 437 of 1011 (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024, to 394 of 1005 (61st percentile) in 2024–2025, to 320 of 1015 (68th percentile) in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, all-grade proficiency was 46.43% in ELA, 56.12% in math, and 58.49% in science, all above the district. Grade-level math was strong: 3rd grade 64.71% vs. state 51.9%, 4th grade 58.49% vs. 52%, and 5th grade 46.67% vs. 42%. ELA was above state in 3rd (45.59% vs. 40.8%), 4th (52.83% vs. 42.2%), and 5th (42.67% vs. 42.2%). Fourth-grade science was 58.49% vs. state 43.8%. The one below-state grade-level result was 5th-grade social studies at 42.67% vs. state 47.2%, though it was above the district’s 37.88%. Chronic absenteeism was 6.7%, compared with 9.4% district and 16.7% state. Free/reduced lunch was 59.38%; per-student spending was $10,939, with a 13.2 student-teacher ratio.
Overall, the school’s standout strengths are math and science achievement, very low absenteeism, and steady state-rank improvement. Science all grades rose from 47.83% to 58.49%, and 5th-grade social studies rose from 27.69% to 42.67% year over year; math all grades rose from 52.63% to 56.12%, and ELA from 44.21% to 46.43%. The main focus areas are 5th-grade performance, which dips in ELA and math compared with earlier grades, and social studies, the only 2025–2026 grade-level subject below the state. Because ZIP 46539 has no middle or high school, families must look outside the ZIP for later grades. State all-grade scores were not provided for most subjects, and absenteeism, lunch, spending, and ratio figures are single-year snapshots.
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