Summary:
ZIP code 47859 in Marshall, Indiana, contains just two public schools — one elementary and one middle — serving grades PK through 8, with no high school inside the ZIP. Both Turkey Run Elementary School and Parke Heritage Middle School share the same campus address at 1551 E SR 47 and belong to North Central Parke Community School Corp. Combined enrollment is 497 students, split almost evenly between Turkey Run (248 students, grades PK–5) and Parke Heritage (249 students, grades 6–8). Since the middle school is the highest grade level in the area, families must look elsewhere for high school.
Turkey Run Elementary’s clearest strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism of 10.3%, below the district’s 14.0% and the state’s 16.7%, even though it has the higher poverty indicator of the two schools (62.1% free/reduced lunch versus 55.02%). Its 3rd grade math proficiency of 67.65% is above both district and state and is the highest single value in the dataset, and 3rd grade ELA is strong at 52.94%. Parke Heritage Middle’s standout is 8th grade math at 45.21%, well above the state’s 34.2%, while its 8th grade ELA (43.84%) is essentially at the state average. The middle school also earns 3 stars and ranks in the 52nd percentile, versus 2 stars and the 41st percentile for the elementary.
Both schools struggle with ELA: 2025–26 all-grade ELA is 32.03% at the middle school and 34.34% at the elementary, both below the district’s 38.01%. The middle school’s 7th grade ELA (19.79%) is the lowest proficiency figure in the dataset, and the elementary’s 4th grade ELA (23.53%) and 5th grade ELA (25.81%) are also well below district and state. Science declined at both schools between 2024–25 and 2025–26. Rank trends show the sharper decline at the elementary, which slipped from the 57th to the 41st percentile and from 3 stars to 2.
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