Schools in Zip Code 46714

ZIP code 46714 in Bluffton, Indiana, is served by four schools covering grades PK–12 — two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school — with 2,346 students enrolled across two districts. MSD Bluffton-Harrison operates three of them: Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School (PK–4, 750 students), Bluffton-Harrison Middle School (5–8, 556) and Bluffton High School (9–12, 507), roughly 77% of local enrollment; the district is ranked 139/374 (63rd percentile, 3 stars). Norwell Community Schools has one school here, Lancaster Central School (PK–5, 533 students), ranked 82/374 (78th percentile, 4 stars).

Results differ sharply between schools. Lancaster Central has the highest all-grade math proficiency in the ZIP (54.17%), with 3rd grade math at 65.43% and 5th grade math at 50.49%, both above state, plus 5th grade social studies at 56.31%. Bluffton-Harrison Middle leads in all-grade science (48.12%) and is the only school whose three-year rank trend improved, moving from the 63rd to the 67th percentile. Bluffton High reports a 100% graduation rate and Biology at 60.14%, though its SAT reading and math results declined and now trail the state. Bluffton-Harrison Elementary has the lowest all-grade ELA (31.34%) but math above its district average (45.9% vs. 39.81%).

Attendance is a clear strength: every school's chronic absenteeism (5.8% to 9.6%) sits well below Indiana's 16.7%. Science is uneven — the middle school improved while Lancaster Central fell 13.3 points to 38.75%. ELA has weak grade-level spots, notably 4th grade at Bluffton-Harrison Elementary (27.41%) and 5th grade at the middle school (23.53%). Rank trends also diverge: the middle school is rising, while Bluffton High slipped from the 85th to the 67th percentile and Lancaster Central from the 73rd to the 63rd.