Summary:
ZIP code 46777 contains just one public elementary school: Ossian Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 and enrolls 566 students as part of Norwell Community Schools. With no other local elementary to compare against, the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state. Norwell Community Schools is rated 4 stars and ranks 82nd of 374 Indiana districts, in the 78th percentile, while Ossian Elementary's most recent school ranking is 3 stars at the 57th percentile.
The school's clearest strengths show up in fourth grade and in science. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency is 45.35%, above the district's 42.17% and the state's 42.2%; fourth-grade math is 60.47% versus 54.22% district and 52% state; and fourth-grade science is 58.82%, well above the district's 49.09% and the state's 43.8%. All-grade science rose to 58.82% from 48.19% the prior year, moving from below the district to well above it. Chronic absenteeism is another bright spot at 9.1%, lower than the district's 10.4% and far below the state's 16.7%. About 33.92% of students receive free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $11,126, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1.
English language arts is the main concern. All-grade ELA proficiency is 38.46% against the district's 49.81%, down from 45.65% a year earlier — a 7.19 percentage-point drop that widened the gap to the district from about 3 points to about 11. Fifth grade is weak across the board: ELA 31.76%, math 31.76%, and social studies 37.65%, all below district and state. Overall math is 49.62%, slightly behind the district's 52.78%, and the school's state rank slipped from the 65th percentile to the 57th. Even so, Ossian Elementary remains above the state median, with strong fourth-grade results, rising science scores, and low absenteeism offsetting the upper-grade and ELA gaps.
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