Summary:
ZIP code 47320 is served by a single elementary school: Albany Elementary School, a K–5 campus at 700 W State St in Albany, Indiana, with 267 students, part of Delaware Community School Corp. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP, there are no local peers to compare against; the useful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Indiana.
Albany Elementary sits in a district that rates well above average: the district ranks 71st of 374, in the 81st percentile with 4 stars. The school itself lands near the middle of Indiana elementary schools, ranking 488th of 1,015 in 2025–26, in the 52nd percentile with 3 stars. Its percentile has drifted from 59 to 56 to 52 over three years, though it held 3 stars each year. Fifth grade is the clearest bright spot: 5th graders beat state averages in English language arts (47.62% vs. 42.2%), math (42.86% vs. 42%), and social studies (54.76% vs. 47.2%). Chronic absenteeism of 14.4% is better than the state's 16.7%, even though 67.42% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Challenges center on the lower grades and on district comparisons. Third grade ELA proficiency was 26.67%, well below the district's 46.35% and the state's 40.8%, and 4th grade science at 42% fell just under the state's 43.8%. Across all grades in 2025–26, the school trailed its district in ELA (36.5% vs. 45.27%), math (47.45% vs. 51.27%), and science (42% vs. 51.67%), with math the narrowest gap and science the widest. Absenteeism, while better than the state, was above the district's 12.8%. The school spends $13,144 per student and has a student-teacher ratio of 11.7 to 1.
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