Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47660

ZIP code 47660 in Oakland City, Indiana is served by three public schools — Waldo J Wood Memorial High (grades 9–12), Wood Memorial Middle School (6–8), and Wood Memorial Primary School (PK–2) — all part of the East Gibson School Corporation, and together they enroll 532 students. The district ranks 212th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars, so the middle school's 3-star, 59th-percentile result in 2025–2026 is the strongest exception to that district profile.

Wood Memorial Middle School is the clear standout. Its rank has improved every year (49th, then 54th, then 59th percentile), it has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 11.7% — below the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7% — and it posts strong results in 7th grade ELA (54.35% vs. the state's 41.7%) and science (33.33% vs. the district's 23.4%). Math is its weak spot: all-grade math is 33.11% against the district's 39.1%, and 6th grade math is 28.57% versus the state's 40.2%. At Waldo J Wood Memorial High, the graduation rate is a bright spot at 94.3%, above the state's 89.7%, but academics have slipped — the rank fell from the 60th percentile to the 35th, SAT Reading/Writing dropped from 52.83% to 40.43%, SAT Math from 28.3% to 23.4%, and Biology EOC from 30.91% to 22.22%.

Wood Memorial Primary School has the smallest classes (a 9.6 student-teacher ratio) but also the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 60.4% and the highest chronic absenteeism at 16.9%, slightly above the state. Because it serves PK–2, no current test scores are available to measure its outcomes. Notably, spending doesn't track with results: the middle school receives the least per student ($9,490) yet has the best attendance and rank trend, while the high school spends the most ($14,035) and has recently declined.