Summary:
ZIP code 46613 contains just one elementary school — Lincoln Elementary School, a PK–5 campus with 383 students at 1425 E Calvert St in South Bend, part of the South Bend Community School Corp. Because there is only one school in this ZIP, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful yardsticks are the district and the state. That district context is weak: it ranks 320 of 374 districts, at the 14th percentile with 1 star.
Math is the standout subject. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, all-grade math proficiency was 31.25%, well above the district's 18.46% and up from 19.02% the year before. Grade 3 math reached 45% and grade 4 math 36.17%, both above the district (20.86% and 26.45%) and closer to the state's 51.9% and 52%. Grade 5 math, however, dropped to 11.32%, below both the district's 17.89% and the state's 42%. ELA is the weakest area: all-grade ELA was 16.05%, down from 18.29% and below the district's 19.98%, with grade 4 at 10.64% and grade 5 at 16.36%, against a state figure of 42.2%. Science was 19.15% (district 20.98%), and grade 5 social studies improved from 4.44% to 11.32% but remains below the district's 22.71% and the state's 47.2%.
Two factors shape these results. Chronic absenteeism was 44.9% in 2024–2025 — nearly half the student body, above the district's 40.3% and roughly 2.7 times the state's 16.7% — a real barrier to learning. Economic need is high, with 71.8% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, while resources look comparatively favorable: $16,604 in per-student spending and a 12.5 student-teacher ratio. The school's rank has improved steadily, from the 5th percentile with 0 stars in 2023–2024 to the 11th percentile, then the 16th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026 — genuine momentum, but still bottom-tier.
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