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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47859

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Schools

497

Students

Top rankedParke Heritage Middle School234^th of 480 Indiana middle schools

Summary:

The 47859 zip code in Indiana is home to two schools: Turkey Run Elementary School and Parke Heritage Middle School, both part of the North Central Parke Community School Corp. While the schools maintain relatively low student-teacher ratios, they face significant challenges, including declining performance, high chronic absenteeism, and serving communities with socioeconomic disadvantages.

Turkey Run Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, going from 220 in 2020-2021 to 337 in 2022-2023. The school performs below the state average in ILEARN/English Language Arts and Math proficiency, with some grades performing significantly lower. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% and a high percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients at 65.79%.

Parke Heritage Middle School has also struggled, ranking 287 out of 489 Indiana middle schools in the 2022-2023 school year. The school performs below the state average in ILEARN/English Language Arts and Math proficiency, with low proficiency rates in 6th grade English Language Arts (23.33%) and 8th grade Math (32.05%). Like Turkey Run Elementary, Parke Heritage Middle School has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% and a relatively high percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients at 58.51%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)							ILEARN Math (2025)							ILEARN Science (2025)			ILEARN Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Turkey Run Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1551 E Sr 47	Marshall	47859	Parke County	North Central Parke Community School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 597-2760	248	23	10.6	62.1%	232 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	49.6	519^th of 1005 public elementary schools	48.4%		57.8	439^th of 1011 public elementary schools	56.6%	80	32.4	29.4	38.7				33.3	32.4	41.2	48.4				40.2	52.9		52.9	48.4	$10,550	$1,458	$9,092
Parke Heritage Middle School	Public	6-8	1551 E Sr 47	Marshall	47859	Parke County	North Central Parke Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 597-2700	249	21	11.6	55.0%	234 (94.0%)	3 (1.2%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	50.6	234^th of 480 public middle schools	51.3%		59.5	189^th of 491 public middle schools	61.5%	45				23.3	36.1	42.3	33.3				31.1	36.1	32.1	32.9		41.6	41.6		$11,060	$1,050	$10,010

Cities Near Zip Code 47859

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Marshall	3.16 mi	2	258^th
Rockville	10.35 mi	2	268^th
Montezuma	13.29 mi	2	332^nd
New Market	13.71 mi	1	144^th
Veedersburg	13.8 mi	3	266^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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