Summary:
ZIP code 47041, centered on Sunman, Indiana, is served by exactly one elementary school: Sunman Elementary School, a K–5 building with 327 students in the Sunman-Dearborn Com School Corp. With only one school in the area, families here have no local comparison to make, but it is still useful to see how the school measures up against its own district and against Indiana as a whole.
The school's strongest results are in math and science. In 2025–2026, 3rd grade math proficiency was 70.45% against a state figure of 51.9%, and 4th grade math was 64.71% against 52% statewide. Fourth grade science reached 60.78%, well above the state's 43.8%. Overall math (57.86%) and science (60.78%) both edged past district averages of 56.01% and 59.49%. Chronic absenteeism is a bright spot at 9.3%, far below the state's 16.7% and only slightly above the district's 8.7%. The school's state rank has climbed from 443 of 1,011 (56th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 323 of 1,015 (68th percentile) in 2025–2026, although it remains a 3-star school while the district holds 4 stars and an 88th percentile rank (44 of 374).
The clearest challenge is English/language arts. All-grade ELA was 42.86%, below the district's 51.1% and down from 46.34% the prior year. Fifth grade stands out as the weakest area across the board: ELA at 28.89% (district 53.65%, state 42.2%), math at 37.78% (district 51.82%, state 42%), and social studies at 46.67% (district 66.79%, state 47.2%). That pattern across several subjects points to a grade-level or cohort issue rather than one subject. For context, 34.86% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,254, and the student-teacher ratio is a relatively low 13.4.
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