Summary:
ZIP code 47946 covers Francesville, Indiana, and is home to three public schools serving grades K–12 — West Central Elementary School (K–6), West Central Middle School (7–8), and West Central Senior High School (9–12) — all within the West Central School Corp, with 627 students total and no alternative schools. The district ranks 219 of 374 in Indiana (41st percentile, 2 stars), but that single rating masks wide differences among the three schools.
West Central Middle School is the current bright spot: 206 of 486 (58th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26, the only 3-star school in the ZIP, with math proficiency above the state at both 7th grade (40% vs. 35.9%) and 8th grade (44.44% vs. 34.2%). West Central Senior High School has a standout 100% graduation rate, well above the state's 89.7%, yet has fallen from 83rd percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24 to 44th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26, with SAT math at 18.37% against the state's 25.6%. West Central Elementary School has the best attendance in the ZIP — 13.9% chronic absenteeism versus 16.7% statewide — but the weakest academic profile, ranking 696 of 1015 (31st percentile, 2 stars).
A few patterns stand out for families comparing these schools. Absenteeism is lowest at the elementary school (13.9%), while the middle (18.8%) and high school (19.1%) are both above the district's 16.2% and the state's 16.7%. Math is trending up in the lower grades — elementary math rose from 32.86% to 36.67%, and middle school math jumped from 32.94% to 41.38% — but ELA slipped at both, and high school SAT reading and writing dropped from 55.77% to 42.86%. Spending also does not track with results: the high school spends $15,273 per student, far more than the middle school's $10,639, which currently ranks higher with stronger math outcomes.
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