Summary:
ZIP code 47203 has 2 public schools, both elementary schools serving grades PK–6, and both belong to Bartholomew Con School Corp — a district ranked 162 of 374 statewide, at the 57th percentile with 3 stars. Combined enrollment is 1,125 students: Clifty Creek Elementary School with 705 students and L F Smith Elementary with 420. In 2025–26, both schools earned 2 stars and landed at the 32nd percentile.
The two schools have distinctly different strengths. L F Smith Elementary stands out on attendance and reading: its chronic absenteeism is 13.0%, below the district's 15.9% and the state's 16.7%, and its all-grades ELA (32.92%) and science (34.55%) results beat those of Clifty Creek. Its grade 6 ELA (45.28%) and grade 6 science (41.51%) are above district and state levels. Clifty Creek Elementary School is stronger in math, with all-grades math at 36.74% versus 30.42% at L F Smith, and grade 3 math at 55.24% and grade 3 ELA at 41.9%, both above district and state. Clifty Creek also improved across the board from 2024–25 to 2025–26 — up 7.22 points in math, 6.07 in science, and 2.65 in ELA — moving from 1 star to 2 stars.
For parents, the key context: both schools remain below district averages in all-grades ELA, math, and science, and both share a weak spot in grade 5, where math and social studies scores trail district and state levels. L F Smith Elementary saw grade 5 social studies fall from 42.11% to 24.19%, while Clifty Creek Elementary School stayed stable near 24%. Clifty Creek is larger, has more students receiving free or reduced lunch (65.96% versus 57.86%), and spends less per student ($12,189 versus $14,082). These are descriptive differences, not causal conclusions.
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