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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46761

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At a glance

Schools

2,798

Students

Districts

Top rankedPrairie Heights Middle School203^rd of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Prairie Heights Elementary School up 67 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lakeland Primary School 11.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 46761 in LaGrange, Indiana is home to six public schools serving about 2,798 students across two districts — Lakeland School Corporation and Prairie Heights Community School Corp. The mix includes three elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, ranging from a K–2 building to a 9–12 campus.

Prairie Heights schools generally rank higher than Lakeland schools in this ZIP. Prairie Heights Middle School sits at the 58th percentile (3 stars) with strong ELA — 50.6% all grades and 58.62% in 7th grade — but its math is a serious weak spot at 23.8% all grades and 7.79% in 8th grade. Prairie Heights Senior High School has the ZIP's highest graduation rate at 97.3% (state: 89.7%), compared with 94.5% at Lakeland Junior/Senior High School. Prairie Heights Elementary School posts the best elementary math result here — 57.27% all grades and 68.52% in 3rd grade — though its 4th grade ELA and science lag. SAT Math is a shared weakness: 17.92% at Prairie Heights Senior High and 17.36% at Lakeland Junior/Senior, versus the state's 25.6%.

Conditions vary widely. Lakeland Primary School, which is unranked because it serves K–2 only, has the lowest chronic absenteeism (8.6%), lowest free/reduced lunch (21.74%), highest per-student spending ($14,850), and lowest student-teacher ratio (11.5). Lakeland Intermediate School is the ZIP's highest-poverty school at 57.21% free/reduced lunch and its lowest-ranked at the 34th percentile (2 stars), with ELA below state at every tested grade. Notably, absenteeism does not track outcomes neatly: Prairie Heights Senior High has the highest chronic absenteeism (17.1%) alongside the best graduation rate.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lakeland Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	0805 E 075 N	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Lakeland School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(260) 499-2470	737	62	11.9	50.5%	539 (73.1%)	3 (0.4%)	165 (22.4%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	48.4	203^rd of 415 public high schools	51.1%		54.2	176^th of 429 public high schools	59.0%	27	50.4	17.4					30.9	23.5	27.1					21.5	21.0	21.2					41.7	$13,534	$1,179	$12,355
Lakeland Primary School	Public	K-2	1 LeMaster Cir	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Lakeland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 499-2430	299	26	11.5	21.7%	215 (71.9%)	1 (0.3%)	78 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)								(n/a)																						$14,850	$2,354	$12,496
Lakeland Intermediate School	Public	3-6	1055 E 075 N	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Lakeland School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 499-2480	416	32	13.1	57.2%	291 (70.0%)	2 (0.5%)	106 (25.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	35	674^th of 1015 public elementary schools	33.6%		32.1	708^th of 1005 public elementary schools	29.6%	34			26.5	20.5	26.1	27.4			25.0	41.8	43.8	41.3	26.4			38.2	38.4	31.1	34.9	35.9		$11,599	$1,513	$10,087
Prairie Heights Elementary School	Public	K-4	0455 S 1150 E	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Prairie Heights Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 351-3034	537	30	17.7	43.8%	505 (94.0%)	3 (0.6%)	17 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	54.2	472^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	53.5%		47.9	539^th of 1005 public elementary schools	46.4%	67			51.9	27.7					39.6	68.5	46.4					57.3	36.6		36.6			$10,990	$768	$10,222
Prairie Heights Middle School	Public	5-8	0395 S 1150 E	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Prairie Heights Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(260) 351-3038	377	31	12.2	48.5%	348 (92.3%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	55.5	203^rd of 486 public middle schools	58.2%		48.4	249^th of 480 public middle schools	48.1%	46					50.8	45.4	58.6	44.9	50.6			30.7	37.5	15.5	7.8	23.8		46.9	46.9	60.6		$13,184	$395	$12,789
Prairie Heights Senior High School	Public	9-12	0245 S 1150 E	LaGrange	46761	LaGrange County	Prairie Heights Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(260) 351-3039	432	32	13.5	39.8%	389 (90.0%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	51.8	185^th of 415 public high schools	55.4%		61.4	129^th of 429 public high schools	69.9%	56	46.2	17.9																			53.2	$14,843	$202	$14,642

Cities Near Zip Code 46761

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
LaGrange	0.31 mi	6	277^th
Howe	5.65 mi	1
Topeka	7.2 mi	3	56^th
Wolcottville	8.08 mi	1
Shipshewana	8.98 mi	2	36^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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