Summary:
ZIP code 47941 has one public school, Dayton Elementary School, serving grades K–5 with 390 students as part of Tippecanoe School Corp; no other public middle, high, or alternative schools appear in this data set for the area. The district is ranked 83rd of 374 Indiana districts, in the 78th percentile, with a 4-star rating. Dayton Elementary improved from a 3-star school in 2023–2024 to a 4-star school in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Its state rank moved from 378th of 1,011 schools in 2023–2024 to 265th of 1,005 in 2024–2025 and 274th of 1,015 in 2025–2026. Attendance is a major strength: chronic absenteeism was 8.2% in 2024–2025, below the district’s 10.5% and far below the state’s 16.7%.
In 2025–2026, Dayton outperformed its district overall in English Language Arts and math. ELA was 60% at the school compared with 51.44% in the district; math was 54.21% compared with 51.23% in the district. Early grades are especially strong. Third grade ELA was 64.15%, compared with 45.86% in the district and 40.8% statewide. Third grade math was 62.26%, above the district’s 58.13% and the state’s 51.9%. Fourth grade ELA was 60.98%, also above the district’s 54.48% and the state’s 42.2%. The school also improved from 2024–2025 in overall ELA and math.
Areas to monitor are 5th grade math and social studies, plus science relative to the district. In 2025–2026, 5th grade math was 40%, below the district’s 52.44% and the state’s 42%. Fifth grade social studies was 41.82%, below the district’s 58.65% and the state’s 47.2%, and it dropped from 55.88% in 2024–2025. Science overall was 47.56%, below the district’s 53.19%; in 4th grade, science was 47.56%, below the district’s 53.3% but above the state’s 43.8%. About 48.46% of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 15.9, and per-student spending was $10,961 in 2023–2024.
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