Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 46928

ZIP code 46928 contains two elementary schools, both part of the Madison-Grant United School Corp: Park Elementary School, which serves grades 3–6 with 292 students, and Virtual Preparatory Academy of Indiana at Madison-Grant K-5, which serves grades K–5 with 219 students, for a total of 511 elementary students. Because one is a traditional building serving grades 3–6 and the other is a virtual school serving K–5, "all grades" test results mix different grade bands and should be compared with care.

Park Elementary School stands out on most measures. Its chronic absenteeism was just 3.3% in 2024–2025, far below the district's 18.4% and the state's 16.7%. It ranked in the 39th percentile of Indiana schools (2 stars) in 2025–2026, well above the district's 19th percentile (1 star), and it outperformed the district in all-grade ELA (32.96%), Math (43.33%), and Science (23.97%). Third grade was especially strong, with 47.46% proficient in ELA versus the state's 40.8% and 64.41% in Math versus the state's 51.9%. Park also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.9 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 63.7%.

Virtual Preparatory Academy of Indiana at Madison-Grant K-5 faces bigger challenges: it ranked in the 6th percentile (0 stars) in 2025–2026, had 19.3% chronic absenteeism, and posted all-grade ELA proficiency of 6.94% and Math of 16.78%. Its clearest bright spot was 4th grade Science at 25.71%, above the district's 21.15% and Park's 18.84%, though still below the state's 43.8%. It has a much lower free/reduced lunch rate (17.35%) and a higher student-teacher ratio (23.0). Per-student spending is nearly identical—$9,592 at Park and $9,608 at the virtual school—so spending alone does not explain the gap. These findings are descriptive, not causal, and rest on only two schools.