Summary:
ZIP code 47550 in Lamar, Indiana is served by a single public school: Lincoln Trail Elementary School, an elementary building serving grades PK–6 with roughly 380 students. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools inside the ZIP, so every PK–6 student in the area attends this one building, and families must look outside the ZIP once 6th grade ends. The school belongs to the North Spencer County School Corp, a district ranked 11th of 374 in Indiana (97th percentile, 5 stars), so Lincoln Trail is being measured against unusually strong local peers.
Lincoln Trail is a consistently top-decile Indiana school. It earned 5 stars in 2025-2026, ranking 82nd of 1,015 schools (92nd percentile), after 5 stars in 2023-2024 (76th of 1,011, 92nd percentile) and 4 stars in 2024-2025 (110th of 1,005, 89th percentile). Proficiency beats the state in every tested subject and grade — math, ELA, science, and social studies — by margins of roughly 12 to 32 points. Third grade is the flagship: 82.5% proficient in math and 72.5% in ELA, each about 31 points above state. Chronic absenteeism is just 4.4%, compared with 7.0% in the district and 16.7% statewide.
Fifth grade is the softest cohort, at 53.85% in math and 55.77% in ELA — still above state, but math trails its own district. Fourth-grade ELA (62.26%) also lags the district. Year over year, science (+5.58), ELA (+3.98), and math (+1.67) all improved, while fifth-grade social studies slipped from 67.27% to 61.54% — though the district fell further, so the school's lead widened. Free/reduced lunch is 32.37%, spending is $8,324 per student, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7, with no district or state benchmarks provided for those figures.
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