Summary:
ZIP code 46615 in South Bend, Indiana is served by two elementary schools — Edison Middle School, a K–8 campus with 551 students, and Nuner Fine Arts Academy, a PK–5 school with 489 students — and both belong to South Bend Community School Corp, a district that ranks 320th of 374 in Indiana. Together they enroll 1,040 students, and neither school earned a star in 2025‑26.
If you are choosing between the two, Edison is the comparatively stronger option on most measures. It ranks 944th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (7th percentile) versus Nuner's 966th (5th percentile), and it wins six of eight direct grade-level comparisons. Its chronic absenteeism is 31.0% compared with Nuner's 42.6% — and Nuner's rate is above the district's 40.3% and roughly 2.5 times the state's 16.7%. Edison also has smaller classes (10.3 students per teacher versus 13.9) and spends more per student ($18,228 versus $16,341). Edison's best results come in grades 3–5, where 3rd grade Math (24.53%) and 4th grade ELA (20.37%) actually beat the district; its grades 6–8 are much weaker, with 7th grade Math at 4.82% and 7th grade ELA at 6.02%. Nuner's bright spots are 5th grade Social Studies (17.74%) and 4th grade Science (16.07%), though both trail the district.
The bigger picture matters more than the gap between them. Both schools score around 12% proficient in reading and math, roughly a third of state levels, and trail the district in ELA and Math. Both serve a student body that is about two-thirds economically disadvantaged (66.97% at Edison, 62.58% at Nuner), so poverty is a shared backdrop rather than a difference. Edison's Math is the only metric in either school to improve year over year (10.03% to 12.12%); Nuner declined in every subject measured, losing the most ground in ELA (−4.31 points). Parents should expect proficiency gaps to the state of 20 to 40 points at both schools.
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