Summary:
ZIP code 47954 is served by a single school, Ladoga Elementary School, an elementary campus serving grades PK–5 with 182 students in the South Montgomery Com School Corp district. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no local comparisons to make — the useful comparison is how it stacks up against its district and the state of Indiana. The short answer: it performs well above its district in core subjects and ranks among the stronger elementary schools in the state.
Academic results are the headline. In 2025–26, all-grade Math proficiency was 72.22% versus 56.52% for the district, and all-grade ELA was 61.11% versus 55.19%. The prior year showed the same pattern: 72.86% Math and 67.14% ELA against district rates of 59.56% and 51.03%. Fifth grade is the clearest standout, reaching 80.77% proficiency in ELA, Math, and Social Studies — far above state figures of 42.2%, 42%, and 47.2%. Fourth grade also posted strong gaps over both district and state in ELA (66.67%) and Math (73.33%). Third grade was more mixed: below the district in ELA and Math, but still above the state in both. Science swung widely, from 87.5% all grades in 2024–25 to 46.67% in 2025–26, though the 2025–26 4th-grade Science result (46.67%) was slightly above district and state — likely a cohort effect at a small school rather than a quality change.
Attendance is a genuine strength: chronic absenteeism was 11.7%, better than the district's 13.3% and the state's 16.7%. The school ranks 148 of 1,015 Indiana schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26, down modestly from 96 of 1,005 (90th percentile, 5 stars) the year before, but still in the top 15% statewide. Context: 50.55% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $13,476, and the student-teacher ratio is 20.9. With only 182 students, grade-level percentages can shift sharply from one cohort to the next, so year-to-year swings deserve caution.
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