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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 46761

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Schools

1,252

Students

Districts

Top rankedPrairie Heights Elementary School472^nd of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Prairie Heights Elementary School up 67 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 46761 in LaGrange, Indiana has three elementary schools serving grades K–2 through 6 across two districts: Prairie Heights Elementary School (K–4) in Prairie Heights Community School Corp, and Lakeland Intermediate School (3–6) and Lakeland Primary School (K–2), both in Lakeland School Corporation, with 1,252 students combined.

Prairie Heights Elementary School is the strongest tested school here: the largest at 537 students, the highest 2025–2026 rank percentile among tested schools at 53%, and a 3-star rating. All-grade Math is 57.27%, and 3rd-grade Math is 68.52% versus the state's 51.9%; 3rd-grade ELA is 51.85% versus 40.8%. Lakeland Intermediate School has improved from the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 34th in 2025–2026, moving from 1 star to 2 stars, and its 9.3% chronic absenteeism is well below the state's 16.7% — yet it has the lowest tested performance, with all-grade ELA at 25%, Math at 38.24%, and Science at 34.86%, and ELA below state in every tested grade. Lakeland Primary School posts the lowest absenteeism (8.6%), lowest free/reduced lunch (21.74%), highest per-student spending ($14,850), and lowest student-teacher ratio (11.5), but as a K–2 school it has no ILEARN or rank data.

Attendance is a Lakeland strength, but at Lakeland Intermediate it has not translated into ELA proficiency. Prairie Heights is not uniformly strong: 4th-grade ELA is 27.68% versus the state's 42.2%, 4th-grade Science is 36.61% versus 43.8%, and Science fell from 51.16% to 36.61% year over year. Resources do not line up simply with results — Prairie Heights has the lowest spending and highest student-teacher ratio yet the strongest tested outcomes, and its district ranks 149 of 374, at the 60th percentile with 3 stars. Lakeland Intermediate gained in Math, Science, Social Studies, and rank, but ELA slipped from 28.29% to 25%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)					ILEARN Math (2026)					ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (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	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 All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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

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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