Summary:
ZIP code 46619, on the west side of South Bend, Indiana, has just one public middle school serving grades 6–8: Navarre Middle School, a 378-student campus at 4702 W Ford St that belongs to South Bend Community School Corp. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, every comparison below is between Navarre and its district and state averages rather than between competing local schools.
Navarre stands out mainly for low statewide performance. The district ranks 320 of 374 in Indiana (14th percentile, 1 star), but the school's own ranks are far lower: 479 of 486 in 2025–2026, 477 of 480 in 2024–2025, and 483 of 491 in 2023–2024 — bottom 1st–2nd percentile, with 0 stars in each of those three years. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, all-grade proficiency was 5.96% in ELA, 3.17% in math, and 3.85% in science, against district rates of 19.98%, 18.46%, and 20.98%. The strongest single result was 8th grade ELA at 8.41%, still far below the state's 44%; the weakest was 7th grade math at 1.98% versus the state's 35.9%.
Two other metrics matter for parents. Chronic absenteeism was 55.8% in 2024–2025 — more than 15 points above the district's 40.3% and about 3.3 times the state's 16.7% — and 79.37% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch. Yet resources do not look thin: per-student spending was $20,817 in 2023–2024 and the student-teacher ratio was 9.3 in 2024–2025. There is one small positive sign: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency rose in ELA (+0.18 points), math (+1.14), and science (+0.91) while district rates fell in all three subjects, though absolute levels remain in single digits.
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