Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47348

Zip code 47348 covers Hartford City, Indiana, and includes three schools — all part of Blackford County Schools — serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Blackford Primary School (PK–2, 314 students), Blackford Intermediate School (PK–6, 447 students), and Blackford Junior-Senior High School (7–12, 651 students), for a total enrollment of 1,412. The district ranks 134th of 374 Indiana districts (64th percentile, 3 stars), and its 92.9% graduation rate is above the state's 89.7%.

Blackford Junior-Senior High School is the area's academic anchor: 3 stars, ranked 157th of 415 Indiana high schools (62nd percentile), a recovery from 2 stars in 2023–2024. Its chronic absenteeism of 14.4% is below the state's 16.7% but above the district's 13.0%. Middle-grade math is its standout, with 7th-grade math at 48.74% and 8th-grade math at 47.92% proficient versus state rates of 35.9% and 34.2%. Overall math (48.37%) and ELA (41.4%) both top the district. The caution: 11th-grade SAT EBRW was 50.45% versus the state's 51.9%, and SAT math 23.42% versus 25.6%, though SAT results were above state the prior year.

Blackford Intermediate School has the best attendance in the area — 9.5% chronic absenteeism versus the district's 13.0% and the state's 16.7% — but weaker achievement: 2 stars, 627th of 1,015 schools (38th percentile), ELA 27.43% versus the district's 32.31%, and 6th-grade ELA at 20.69% versus the state's 41.3%, while 5th-grade math (44%) edges the state (42%). Blackford Primary School serves PK–2 with no test or ranking data, which is expected; its student-teacher ratio of 13.9 is the lowest of the three, and its absenteeism of 14.9% is above the district but below the state. Across tested grades, math is consistently stronger than ELA, making ELA the main academic pressure point.