Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 47550

ZIP code 47550 is home to a single elementary school — Lincoln Trail Elementary School — which serves students in grades PK through 6 in Lamar, Indiana, with an enrollment of about 380 students. It is the only elementary school in the area and belongs to the North Spencer County School Corp, an elite district ranked 11th of 374 Indiana districts at the 97th percentile with 5 stars.

Lincoln Trail is itself a statewide standout. In 2025-2026 it earned 5 stars and ranked 82nd of 1,015 elementary schools, placing in the 92nd percentile, and its rank history is consistently strong: 92nd percentile in 2023-2024, 89th in 2024-2025, and 92nd in 2025-2026. The school scored above the state in every reported ILEARN grade and subject. Even its smallest margins over the state are substantial — 5th grade math at +11.85 points and 5th grade ELA at +13.57 — while the largest are 3rd grade ELA at +31.70 and 3rd grade math at +30.60. Math is generally the strongest subject, with all-grade proficiency of 68.34%, compared with 62.31% in ELA and 61.68% in science. The chief relative gaps are against its own high-performing district rather than the state: 5th grade math is 6.54 points below district at 53.85%, 4th grade ELA is 9.17 points below, and 4th grade science is 4.68 points below.

Chronic absenteeism is exceptional at 4.4%, roughly one-quarter of the state's 16.7% and 2.6 points below the district's 7.0% — a major positive indicator that likely supports the strong proficiency results. Other context: 32.37% of students receive free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $8,324, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.7. Academically, the school is improving: from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, all-grade ELA rose 3.98 points, math 1.67 points, and science 5.58 points, and the school moved from 4 stars to 5 stars. Fifth grade social studies slipped 5.73 points, but the district fell more sharply and the school remained above both district and state. With no within-ZIP peer to compare against, the meaningful benchmarks are Lincoln Trail versus its district, versus Indiana, and versus its own prior years.