Schools in Zip Code 47024

ZIP code 47024 is home to a single public school, Laurel School, a PK–6 elementary serving 245 students in the Franklin County Community School Corp district, so families here have one option within the ZIP code for the elementary years and would look outside it for middle and high school.

Academically, the picture is mixed and trending downward. Laurel School ranked 759 of 1,015 schools in 2025–2026, landing in the 25th percentile with 1 star — down from the 38th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025, and the 44th percentile in 2023–2024, a 19-point decline over two years. Its district sits in the 57th percentile with 3 stars, so the school is underperforming relative to its own district. The clearest bright spot is 4th grade English language arts, where 57.14% of students were proficient — above the district's 52.24% and well above the state's 42.2%. That is the only 2025–2026 grade-level subject where the school beats both the district and the state. Everywhere else, results lag: the school trails the district in all-grade ELA (26.05% vs. 37.58%), math (26.05% vs. 35.96%), and science (23.21% vs. 36.88%), and is below the district in 10 of 11 grade-level subject comparisons. Science showed the sharpest year-over-year drop, falling 14.10 points from 37.31% to 23.21%, while 5th grade social studies improved 15.13 points to 34.48% but remains 17.62 points behind the district.

Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 17.4% — better than the district's 19.2% but slightly above the state's 16.7%. About 62.04% of students receive free or reduced lunch, indicating notable economic need. The school spends $12,848 per student and has a 12.5:1 student-teacher ratio, a generally favorable structural indicator, though the data provides no district or state benchmarks to judge spending. The most urgent signals for parents are low science proficiency, weak 3rd and 5th grade ELA and math results, and the two-year slide in overall ranking.