Summary:
ZIP code 46733 in Decatur, Indiana is served by three public schools — Bellmont Elementary (PK–5, 684 students), Bellmont Middle School (6–8, 274 students), and Bellmont Senior High School (9–12, 613 students) — all part of North Adams Community Schools, which is rated 100 of 374 Indiana districts (73rd percentile, 4 stars).
Bellmont Senior High School is the clear standout: ranked 57 of 415 (86th percentile, 4 stars) and stable there for three years, it beats the state in graduation rate (92.6% vs 89.7%), SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (58% vs 51.9%), SAT Math (36.67% vs 25.6%), and biology, with chronic absenteeism of 14.2% versus the state's 16.7%. Bellmont Elementary is the improving school, climbing from the 41st to the 51st percentile and from 2 to 3 stars, with math as a strength (49.65% schoolwide vs 41.64% district; 3rd grade math 59.14% vs 51.9% state) but ELA weaker than district and state. Bellmont Middle School is solid at 189 of 486 (61st percentile, 3 stars), strong in ELA — 7th grade ELA is 53.68% vs 41.7% state — but with math below district (33.33% vs 41.64%) and 6th grade math well below state.
Attendance is a district-wide strength: all three schools are below the state chronic absenteeism rate of 16.7%, led by the elementary at 12.6%, while the middle and high school are tied at 14.2% against a district average of 13.5%. Note the resource contrast: the high school has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (32.46%) and highest per-student spending ($14,989), while the elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (54.82%) and lowest spending ($11,404). Watch items are elementary ELA, middle school math, and the high school's SAT reading score, which slipped from 69.33% to 58% but remains above state.
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