Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 47446 serve Mitchell, Indiana, and consist of two schools within Mitchell Community Schools: Hatfield Elementary School (grades PK–2, 396 students) and Burris Elementary School (grades 3–5, 320 students). Together they enroll 716 students, and they operate as a grade-level pair rather than as overlapping options — families attend Hatfield for the early grades and Burris for grades 3 through 5. That split matters for parents, because it means the two schools serve different age groups and only one of them has state test results available.
Attendance is a clear strength at both schools. Chronic absenteeism is 7.9% at Hatfield and 6.6% at Burris, compared with 10.6% for the district and 16.7% for the state. On resources and demographics, Hatfield has lower free/reduced-price lunch participation (58.84% vs. 64.38%), lower per-student spending ($31,546 vs. $32,630), and a smaller student-teacher ratio (12.6 vs. 13.7), while Burris serves a slightly higher-poverty population with somewhat larger classes.
Academically, only Burris reports test data, since Hatfield serves grades PK–2. Burris is rated 2 stars in its rank history while the district sits at 1 star, ranked 275th of 374 (26th percentile). Burris's all-grade ILEARN results beat district rates in ELA (28.96 vs. 26.79), Math (35.33 vs. 26.68), and Science (27.05 vs. 25.44), but most grade-level results fall below state averages. Third-grade Math is the bright spot (53.10 vs. 51.9 state), while fourth grade is the biggest concern: ELA is 18.03 vs. 42.2 state, Math is 24.59 vs. 52.0, and Science is 27.05 vs. 43.8. Burris also slipped from the 36th to the 31st percentile between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though it stayed at 2 stars.
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