Best Public Schools in Zip Code 47968

Summary:

Zip code 47968 is home to one public elementary school, Walnut Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.

Walnut Elementary School demonstrates a strong performance in mathematics, consistently exceeding both district and state averages in math proficiency across tested grades. For example, in the 2024-2025 academic year, 4th-grade math proficiency was 75%, significantly higher than the district's 73.77% and the state's 49.2%. The school has also shown an upward trend in its statewide ranking, improving from 460th in 2021-2022 to 179th in 2022-2023. However, English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency presents a mixed picture, with strong performance in 3rd grade but a notable decline in 5th grade, where proficiency is below both district and state averages. Performance in Science and Social Studies also appears to be below district and state averages. A significant concern is the chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is considerably high and could impact student learning.

The school has a student-teacher ratio of 13.3 and spends $12,947 per student, with 40.23% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a substantial portion of the student body comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The school is part of the South Montgomery Com School Corp, which is ranked 50th out of 380 districts in Indiana and holds a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. While Walnut Elementary School shows promising strengths in mathematics and an improving statewide standing, areas such as upper-grade ELA, Science, Social Studies, and chronic absenteeism require further attention.

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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 All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th 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
Walnut Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	Rd 775 E	New Ross	47968	Montgomery County	South Montgomery Com School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 362-0542	166	13	13.0	36.1%	153 (92.2%)	1 (0.6%)	9 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	65.6	332^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	67.0%		68.7	311^th of 1011 public elementary schools	69.2%	21	61.9	40.0	27.8	44.1	61.9	75.0	50.0	62.7	40.0	40.0	38.9	$12,947	$923	$12,024

Cities Near Zip Code 47968

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Ross	0.77 mi	1	142^nd
Ladoga	6.12 mi	1	24^th
Crawfordsville	6.87 mi	14	152^nd
Jamestown	7.31 mi	1	42^nd
Thorntown	8.4 mi	2	40^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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