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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 47387


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1
School
358
Students
Top rankedTri Elementary School669th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Tri Elementary School up 31 spots statewide this year
Summary:

ZIP code 47387 has one elementary school, Tri Elementary School in Straughn, Indiana, serving grades K–5 with 358 students as part of South Henry School Corp.

For parents comparing results, math is the standout academic area. Tri Elementary’s all-grade math proficiency is 44.58%, above the district’s 32.2%. Fifth-grade math is 47.27%, above Indiana’s 42.0%, and third-grade math is close to the state at 49.15% vs. 51.9%. Fourth-grade math is weaker at 36.54% vs. the state’s 52.0%. English language arts is the biggest concern: all-grade ELA is 19.88%, below the district’s 23.1% and down from 24.71% the prior year. Fifth-grade ELA is 14.55% compared with the state’s 42.2%, while third and fourth grade are also well below state averages. Science is 32.69%, above the district’s 30.36% and improved from 30.19%, but fourth-grade science is 32.69% vs. the state’s 43.8%. Fifth-grade social studies improved sharply, from 18.03% to 45.45%, close to the state’s 47.2%.

Overall, Tri Elementary is a 2-star school ranked in the 34th percentile for 2025–2026, above South Henry School Corp’s 1-star, 27th-percentile district rating. Its rank moved from 40th percentile in 2023–2024 to 30th in 2024–2025, then to 34th in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is 12.0%, better than Indiana’s 16.7% but above the district’s 9.8%. About 49.72% of students receive free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $9,449, and the student/teacher ratio is 15.9. The main takeaway: math and fifth-grade social studies are relative strengths, while ELA across grades, plus fourth-grade math and science, need attention.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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