Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46704

ZIP code 46704 contains one school, Arcola School, an elementary school serving grades K–5 in Arcola, Indiana, within Northwest Allen County Schools. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no local school-to-school comparisons, so parents should look at how it compares with its district and the state. It enrolls 227 students, has a 13.2:1 student-teacher ratio, a 32.16% free/reduced-lunch rate, and per-student spending of $11,956 for 2023–2024. The district is ranked 53rd of 374 Indiana districts, in the 86th percentile with 4 stars.

Academically, Arcola School remains strong but has slipped in state rank: 160 of 1,011 (84th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, 186 of 1,005 (81st, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and 242 of 1,015 (76th, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at 3.9% in 2024–2025, versus 7.8% in the district and 16.7% statewide. Math is a clear strength: 3rd-grade math proficiency is 89.47%, compared with 67.16% in the district and 51.9% statewide; all-grade math is 60.66% versus 50.03% in the district. ELA is mixed: all-grade ELA is 51.64% versus 50.87% in the district, but down from 62.61% in 2024–2025; 3rd and 4th grade are above district and state, while 5th-grade ELA is 43.75%, below the district’s 47.95% but above the state’s 42.2%. In science and social studies, 4th-grade science is 55.56% versus 55.05% in the district and 43.8% statewide, all-grade science is 55.56% versus 56.25% in the district, and 5th-grade social studies is 60.42% versus 65.4% in the district and 47.2% statewide. 5th-grade math is 41.67%, just below the district’s 42.9% and the state’s 42%.

For parents, the takeaway is that Arcola School is a small, high-performing K–5 school with a 4-star rating, excellent math results, and very low absenteeism. Its main watch items are the three-year rank decline, the drop in all-grade ELA, and relative underperformance in 5th-grade math and some science/social-studies comparisons against the district. Even with those caveats, it performs above the state in nearly every provided grade-level comparison and remains in the top quartile of Indiana schools.