Summary:
ZIP code 47230 has only one public school, Deputy Elementary School, an elementary school in Deputy, Indiana, serving grades PK–4 with 138 students as part of Madison Consolidated Schools. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, so families must look outside 47230 for grades 5–12. Deputy Elementary is therefore the sole local public school option for its grade span.
Math is the school’s strongest academic signal. In 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 63.83%, compared with 32.52% in the district, and third- and fourth-grade math were above state levels: 62.96% vs. 51.9% in 3rd grade and 65% vs. 52% in 4th grade. Math also rose from 56.1% in 2024–2025 to 63.83% in 2025–2026. ELA is weaker: all-grades ELA was 36.17%, only slightly above the district’s 35.09%, while 4th-grade ELA was 30%, below the state’s 42.2%. ELA fell from 53.66% to 36.17% year over year. Science dropped from 61.11% to 40%; 4th-grade science was 40%, above the district’s 31.16% but below the state’s 43.8%.
The SchoolDigger rating has declined, from 5 stars and 94th percentile in 2023–2024, to 4 stars and 77th percentile in 2024–2025, to 3 stars and 59th percentile in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 20.0%, better than the district’s 30.6% but higher than the state’s 16.7%. The school serves a high-poverty population: 65.94% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. Per-student spending was $17,230 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 19.7 in 2024–2025. With only 138 students, large year-to-year changes in ELA and science should be interpreted cautiously because small numbers of students can shift percentages.
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