Summary:
ZIP code 46701 covers Albion, Indiana, and contains just two public schools — both in the Central Noble Com School Corp district — serving 857 students combined: Central Noble Elementary School for grades 2–4 (247 students) and Central Noble Junior Senior High School for grades 5–12 (610 students). The district ranks 225th of 374 in Indiana, at the 40th percentile with 2 stars, and both schools also hold 2 stars in 2025–26. One unusual feature: grade 5 is housed at the junior/senior high rather than the elementary, so some grade-level comparisons are not apples-to-apples.
Central Noble Elementary School is the academic bright spot, especially in math: 52.8% proficiency across all grades, well above the district's 37.07% and the high school's 29.59%. Third-grade math (51.9%) matches the state exactly, and fourth-grade math (53.66%) edges past the state's 52%. Its ELA results lag, though — 3rd grade at 32.91% vs 40.8% statewide and 4th grade at 29.27% vs 42.2%. Central Noble Junior Senior High School stands out for persistence rather than proficiency: a 94.9% graduation rate versus the state's 89.7%, and 6.4% chronic absenteeism versus 16.7% statewide. Yet SAT math sits at 12.22% against the state's 25.6%, and most ILEARN grade-level scores run below state benchmarks.
Both schools have exceptionally low chronic absenteeism — 7.3% at the elementary and 6.4% at the high school, compared with 7.6% district-wide and 16.7% statewide; each is less than half the state rate. Math trends move in opposite directions: elementary math climbed from 36.76% to 52.8%, while high school math fell from 41.91% to 29.59%. The high school spends slightly more per student ($12,711 vs $12,128) yet posts lower proficiency, so spending alone doesn't explain the gap. Elementary free/reduced lunch (50.61%) is higher than the high school's (43.93%), showing the poverty-performance relationship here is not a simple one.
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