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Summary:

ZIP code 46617 has one elementary school, McKinley Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with 315 students in South Bend, Indiana, within the South Bend Community School Corp. It is located at 228 N Greenlawn Ave, South Bend, IN 46617. Because this ZIP code contains only one elementary school, there are no direct in-ZIP comparisons; the most useful context comes from comparing McKinley with its district and state figures where available.

The standout metric is chronic absenteeism. McKinley reports 99.3% chronic absenteeism for 2024–2025, compared with 40.3% in the district and 16.7% in the state. That is 59.0 percentage points above the district and 82.6 percentage points above the state. Academically, McKinley has 0 stars in each year shown: in 2023–2024 it ranked 966 of 1011, 4th percentile; in 2022–2023 it ranked 916 of 1016, 10th percentile; and in 2021–2022 it ranked 969 of 1020, 5th percentile. The district itself ranks 320 of 374 districts, in the 14th percentile, with 1 star, so McKinley’s own rankings are below the district’s already low percentile.

Other metrics add context. Free/reduced lunch participation is 1.9% for 2024–2025, which is very low and contrasts with the severe absenteeism and low academic rankings. Per-student spending is $14,476 for 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio is 20.1:1 for 2024–2025; the provided data does not include district or state benchmarks for those two measures. Overall, the clearest red flag is the extreme chronic absenteeism rate, paired with persistently low academic rankings. Parents should interpret the free/reduced lunch, spending, and class-size figures cautiously because the data set is limited to one school and lacks comparison points for several metrics.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
McKinley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	228 N Greenlawn Ave	South Bend	46617	St. Joseph County	South Bend Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 393-3300	315	16	20.1	1.9%	92 (29.2%)	104 (33.0%)	72 (22.9%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (13.0%)								(n/a)			$14,476	$3,329	$11,147

Cities Near Zip Code 46617

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
South Bend	0.17 mi	42	375^th
Mishawaka	2.51 mi	19	231^st
Granger	5.05 mi	5	4^th
Osceola	7.91 mi	1	82^nd
Elkhart	10.2 mi	32	349^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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