Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47443

ZIP code 47443 covers Lyons, Indiana, a small rural community where families have just one public school option in this data: White River Valley Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 151 students as part of the White River Valley School District. There are no elementary, high school, or alternative schools listed for this ZIP, so children here attend other locations for earlier and later grades. The school has a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, spends $12,626 per student, and 54.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, meaning it serves a majority economically disadvantaged population at a small scale.

Academically, the school is on an upswing. In 2025–2026 it ranked 143rd of 486 Indiana middle schools — the 71st percentile with 4 stars — its best result in three years, up from 228th of 480 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 and ahead of 171st of 491 (65th percentile) in 2023–2024. The district overall ranks 195th of 374 districts at the 48th percentile with 2 stars, so the school is outperforming its district profile. All-grade test scores improved: English language arts rose 10.68 points to 42.65%, moving from below the district to above it; math rose 6.23 points to 42.96%, nearly matching the district's 43.88%; and science reached 56%, above the district's 52.53%.

Grade-level results show clear strengths and one real gap. Sixth grade math (60% proficient) is well above the state's 40.2%, and sixth grade science (56%) is well above the state's 41.2%. Eighth grade ELA (47.5%) and seventh grade ELA (43.48%) are also above state averages. The clearest concern is eighth grade math at 25.64%, below the state's 34.2%, following a drop from 60% in sixth grade to 39.13% in seventh. Chronic absenteeism is 15.6%, better than the state's 16.7% but slightly above the district's 15.1%.