Summary:
ZIP code 46590 covers Winona Lake, Indiana, and contains exactly one school: Jefferson Elementary School, a PK–6 campus with 481 students in Warsaw Community Schools. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, so families here have a single local option for elementary grades. The school holds 2 stars in each of the last three years, while its district ranks 118 of 374 Indiana districts — the 68th percentile — with 3 stars.
Jefferson's clearest strength is attendance. Its 2024–2025 chronic absenteeism rate is 7.0%, compared with 9.7% in the district and 16.7% statewide — 2.7 percentage points better than the district and 9.7 points better than the state. Academically, 5th grade is the bright spot: ELA and Math each reached 46.88%, above the state's 42.2% and 42.0%, and 5th grade Social Studies hit 54.69%, above both the district (52.82%) and state (47.2%). That Social Studies figure jumped from 18.06% the prior year, though a single grade and subject can reflect cohort differences rather than a stable trend.
Concerns are concentrated in the upper grades and in science. In 2025–2026, 6th grade Math proficiency was 19.7% versus 39.19% in the district and 40.2% statewide — the weakest grade-subject result — and 6th grade ELA was 28.79% against 49.03% in the district and 41.3% statewide. All-grade Science fell from 37.6% to 28%, now below the district's 43.26%. Overall, Jefferson trails its district in all-grade ELA (32.72% vs 46.01%) and Math (35.66% vs 44.33%), and its rank moved from the 50th percentile in 2023–2024 to 34th, then 39th. For context, 51.77% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $10,869, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.2.
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