Summary:
ZIP code 46614 in South Bend is served by three elementary schools — Monroe Elementary School (K–5), Marshall Traditional School (PK–8), and Premier Arts Academy (K–8) — enrolling about 1,205 students combined. Two of them belong to South Bend Community School Corp, while Premier operates as its own single-school Premier Arts Academy district.
The three schools look very different in results. Marshall is the relative standout, with the strongest test scores in the group — about 27% proficient in English/language arts and 30% in math — and it is the only school here that beats its own district in every tested subject. Monroe is at the other end: roughly 5% proficient in English/language arts and 4% in math, a statewide rank in the bottom 1%, zero stars for three straight years, and chronic absenteeism of 46.2%, nearly three times the state rate. Premier sits in between academically (about 16% in English/language arts, 13% in math) but has by far the best attendance at 11.8% chronic absenteeism — better than the state — even as its statewide rank slipped from the 21st to the 8th percentile and its spending is the lowest of the three.
A few patterns are worth knowing. Attendance lines up closely with achievement here: the school with the fewest absences has the middle scores, and the school with the most has the lowest. Spending does not track results — Monroe spends the most per student and posts the lowest scores, while Premier spends the least and roughly triples Monroe's proficiency. And even the strongest results in this ZIP still fall below statewide averages, so all three schools are working beneath state norms. With only three schools, treat these comparisons as a helpful starting point rather than a final verdict.
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