Summary:
ZIP code 47246 in Hope, Indiana is served by exactly one public elementary school, Hope Elementary School, which enrolls 547 students in grades K–6 and belongs to the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp; since it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local peers to compare against, so the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Hope Elementary holds 3 stars and ranked 428th of 1,015 Indiana elementary and middle schools in 2025-2026, placing it in the 58th percentile — a modest rebound from the 51st percentile the year before. Math is the school's engine: 52.51% of students were proficient school-wide, and math exceeded the state in three of the four tested grades, led by 3rd grade math at 67.65% against a state figure of 51.9%, a gap of about 16 points. ELA was essentially flat at 41.14%, with 3rd, 5th and 6th grades above the state and 4th grade (27.17%) well below. Science produced the biggest single-year swing, rising roughly 17.8 points to 40.94%, and 6th grade science reached 48.1% versus a state mark of 41.2%.
Two areas need attention. Fifth grade social studies scored 26.67% versus 47.2% statewide, and it missed the state mark by about 16 points the prior year too — a persistent weakness rather than a one-off. Fourth grade is also a dip, with ELA 15 points below the state and science 9 points below. Attendance is a quiet strength: chronic absenteeism was 16.0%, below both the district (19.5%) and the state (16.7%), even though 54.48% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending was $9,752 in 2023-2024, and the student-teacher ratio of 19.1 sits on the high side for an elementary setting.
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