Summary:
Zip code 46574 covers Walkerton, Indiana, and contains a single elementary school: Walkerton Elementary School, part of the John Glenn School Corporation. It serves grades PK through 6 with 589 students and a student–teacher ratio of about 14.1. The district is rated 4 stars and ranks 60th of 374 Indiana districts, and the school itself ranks 245 of 1,015 elementary schools statewide — the 76th percentile — after moving 162 → 304 → 245 (84th → 70th → 76th percentile, and 4 → 3 → 4 stars) over the past three years.
On 2025–26 ILEARN tests, the school outperforms its district in every subject at the all-grades level: English language arts 58.92% vs. 51.69%, math 51.59% vs. 46.85%, and science 60.25% vs. 59.48%. Sixth grade is the clear bright spot, with ELA at 73.42% (32.1 points above the state), math at 62.03% (+21.8) and science at 60.76% (+19.6), though its ELA score is essentially identical to the district's 73.47%, so that strength is district-wide. Fifth grade is the soft spot: math is 28.09%, 13.9 points below the state and 5.5 below the district, while social studies dropped from 53.95% to 42.70% as the state rate rose — a swing from 15.5 points above the state to 4.5 points below. Science improved most year over year (+19.3 points), ELA rose 10.1 points, and math slipped 3.3 points.
Context matters here: 61.29% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and per-student spending is $9,378, yet results stay above state averages at nearly every grade level. Chronic absenteeism is a quiet strength at 9.9%, below the district's 10.8% and well under the state's 16.7%. Overall, this is a solidly above-average school with strong sixth-grade outcomes and attendance, an improving science program, and a persistent fifth-grade weakness — particularly in math — that is worth watching.
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