Summary:
ZIP code 46704 has exactly one elementary school, Arcola School, serving grades K–5 in Arcola, Indiana, within the high-performing Northwest Allen County Schools district. The school enrolls 227 students and holds a 4-star rating. The district is ranked 53rd of 374 Indiana districts—86th percentile—and is also rated 4 stars. Context metrics show a 32.16% free/reduced lunch rate, a 13.2:1 student-teacher ratio, and $11,956 in per-student spending for 2023–24.
Academically, math is the clearest strength: overall math proficiency is 60.66% versus 50.03% in the district, and 3rd-grade math reaches 89.47% versus 67.16% district and 51.9% state. Math does decline by grade, though, to 55.56% in 4th and 41.67% in 5th. ELA is 51.64% overall, only 0.77 points above the district’s 50.87%, after falling from 62.61% the prior year. Science is 55.56% overall, slightly below the district’s 56.25%; 4th-grade science is 55.56%, nearly even with district 55.05% and above the state’s 43.8%. Fifth-grade social studies is 60.42%, above the state’s 47.2% but below the district’s 65.4%.
Chronic absenteeism is an exceptional positive: 3.9%, exactly half the district’s 7.8% and less than one-quarter of the state’s 16.7%. The school has kept a 4-star rating for three reported years, but its state rank percentile slipped from 84th to 81st to 76th, with numeric rank moving from 160 to 186 to 242. For parents, Arcola School offers strong math results, very good attendance, and above-state performance in most subjects; the main relative concerns are the year-over-year ELA decline, a softening rank percentile, and weaker 5th-grade math and ELA results.
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