Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47001

ZIP code 47001 covers Aurora, Indiana, and has 3 public schools serving grades PK–12, all within South Dearborn Community School Corp: South Dearborn High School (grades 9–12, enrollment 625), Aurora Elementary School (PK–6, enrollment 524), and South Dearborn Middle School (6–8, enrollment 288), totaling 1,437 students. Note that grade 6 appears at both the elementary and middle schools.

South Dearborn High School is the standout on academics: its statewide percentile climbed from 52nd to 55th to 68th over three years, it is ranked 131st of 415 Indiana high schools with 3 stars, and its graduation rate of 93.7% beats the state's 89.7%. Its SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (54.14%) is above the state's 51.9%, though SAT Math (23.57%) trails the state's 25.6%. Chronic absenteeism is the concern at 24.1%, versus 14.1% district-wide and 16.7% statewide. Aurora Elementary School has the best attendance in the ZIP at 9.8%, but ranks 667th of 1,015 (34th percentile, 2 stars), with above-district all-grades Math (35.55% vs. 32.76%) yet weak spots in 5th-grade Math (22.47%) and Social Studies (31.46%). South Dearborn Middle School has slipped from the 50th to the 34th percentile and from 3 stars to 2, with all-grades Math at 21.85% and 8th-grade Math at just 15.83% (state: 34.2%) — though its Biology EOC results (100% then 68.97%) stand out well above the district.

Overall, the district sits at the 59th percentile with 3 stars, and the high school's strength appears to lift that figure while both other schools sit at the 34th percentile. Math is the clearest shared weakness across all grade levels, and high school absenteeism is the clearest non-academic concern.