Summary:
ZIP code 46943 covers the Laketon, Indiana area and contains exactly one middle-level school — Manchester Intermediate School, part of Manchester Community Schools, serving grades 4–6 with 285 students — so families here have a single local option to evaluate, and no direct local comparison is possible.
The school's clearest strength is attendance. Its chronic absenteeism rate is 3.4%, compared with 11.8% for the district and 16.7% statewide — roughly 80% lower than the state — even though 48.07% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. Academically, results vary sharply by grade. Sixth grade is the standout in 2025–2026: 58.1% proficient in Math (about 17.9 points above the 40.2% state figure), 56.19% in Science (15.0 points above state), and 49.52% in English Language Arts (8.2 points above state). Fifth grade is mixed, performing above state in Social Studies at 55.42% (state 47.2%) and in ELA at 49.4% (state 42.2%), but below state in Math at 39.76% (state 42%). Fourth grade is the weakest area: ELA proficiency is just 30.43% against 42.2% at state — nearly 12 points below — while 4th grade Math (49.57% vs 52%) and Science (42.61% vs 43.8%) sit only slightly under state.
Looking at all grades together in 2025–2026, the school is above the district in Math (49.83% vs 46.98%), essentially even in Science (49.09% each), and slightly behind in ELA (42.24% vs 42.59%). Compared with the prior year, all-grade ELA fell 12.15 points, Science 6.95 points, and Math 2.80 points, while 5th grade Social Studies improved 5.42 points; these year-over-year shifts reflect different student cohorts, so they should be read with caution. For context, the school reports $8,969 in per-student spending (2023–2024) and a 17.4:1 student-teacher ratio (2024–2025), though this extract offers no district or state comparators for those figures.
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