Summary:
ZIP code 47336 in Dunkirk, Indiana is served by a single elementary school: West Jay Elementary, a K–6 school with 214 students in the Jay School Corporation. Because there is only one elementary school in this area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; the useful reference points are the district, the state, and the school's own grade levels and year-over-year results.
West Jay Elementary's clearest strengths are in science and in fifth grade. All-grade science proficiency was 47.17% in 2025–26, above the district's 40.22%, with sixth grade science reaching 53.13% versus 41.98% in the district and 41.2% statewide. Fifth grade math was 52% proficient, well ahead of the district's 35.51% and the state's 42%, and fifth grade social studies was 52%, above the district's 47.95% and the state's 47.2%. The school also keeps attendance comparatively strong: chronic absenteeism in 2024–25 was 16.8%, below the district's 19.0% and essentially level with the state's 16.7%, even though 72.43% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Results are more mixed elsewhere. Fourth grade is the clearest area of concern, with both ELA and math at 14.29% proficiency — far below the district (33.05% ELA, 42.06% math) and the state (42.2% ELA, 52% math). Overall ELA fell from 41.44% in 2024–25 to 34.29% in 2025–26, dropping the school from above the district to below it, while all-grade math and science also declined, though science stayed above the district. The school's rank percentile slipped from 64th to 55th, still above the median with a 3-star rating; class sizes (11:1) and per-student spending ($12,987 in 2023–24) round out the picture.
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