Best Middle Schools in Indiana

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Indiana test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ILEARN test scores by the Indiana Department of Education. The most recent update was on Saturday, July 20, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Indiana schools were revised on October 21^st after the IN Department of Education's recent release of the 2024 iLEARN Biology scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 485)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
181065001245	41	Fishers Junior High School	Public	7-8	13257 Cumberland Rd	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 594-4150	863	51	16.9	28.0%	549 (63.6%)	94 (10.9%)	84 (9.7%)	78 (9.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (6.6%)	$10,106			$269			$9,837	89.6	89.3	42	1
180900002009	42	Washington Township Middle/High School	Public	6-12	381 E Sr 2	Valparaiso	46383	Porter County	East Porter County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 464-3598	439	32	13.9	25.5%	375 (85.4%)	7 (1.6%)	43 (9.8%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$9,118			$323			$8,795	89.2	93.4	22	20
180144001912	43	Center Grove Middle School North	Public	6-8	202 N Morgantown Rd	Greenwood	46142	Johnson County	Center Grove Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 885-8800	1,025	61	16.7	35.0%	818 (79.8%)	49 (4.8%)	48 (4.7%)	64 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.5%)	$9,270			$280			$8,990	89.1	85.3	58	15
180810001670	44	Tri-West Middle School	Public	6-8	555 W US Hwy 136	Lizton	46149	Hendricks County	North West Hendricks Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 994-4200	444	24	18.8	27.9%	401 (90.3%)	20 (4.5%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	$9,571			$180			$9,391	88.7	91.6	30	14
180008602478	45	Paramount Brookside	Public, Charter	K-8	3020 Nowland Ave	Indianapolis	46201	Marion County	Paramount Brookside	Yes	No	No	Yes	(317) 775-6660	803	34	23.6	81.2%	152 (18.9%)	415 (51.7%)	156 (19.4%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (9.1%)	$11,451			$3,461			$7,990	88.2	81.7	69	24
181077001765	46	Southern Wells Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9120 S 300 W	Poneto	46781	Wells County	Southern Wells Com Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 728-5534	380	31	12.4	41.8%	362 (95.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.4%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,175			$578			$11,596	87.5	80	83	37
180033000061	47	Barr Reeve Middle/High School	Public	6-12	627 N 3rd St	Montgomery	47558	Daviess County	Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc	No	No	No	No	(812) 486-3265	490	30	16.3	23.1%	474 (96.7%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$10,375			$373			$10,002	87.3	89.3	43	4
180588001046	48	Selma Middle School	Public	6-8	10501 E Cr 167 S	Selma	47383	Delaware County	Liberty-Perry Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 288-7242	263	19	14.2	53.6%	244 (92.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	$9,862			$703			$9,159	87.2	88.1	45	3
180249000297	49	Robert Taft Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 S Main	Crown Point	46307	Lake County	Crown Point Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 663-1507	1,091	57	19.1	22.9%	836 (76.6%)	34 (3.1%)	143 (13.1%)	33 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (3.9%)	$9,997			$369			$9,628	86.8	87.2	48	1
180795001365	50	North Posey Junior High School	Public	8	5800 High School Rd	Poseyville	47633	Posey County	MSD North Posey County Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 673-4244	226	18	12.3	30.1%	211 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$10,492			$775			$9,717	86.4	84.4	60	10

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ILEARN English Language Arts, ILEARN Math test scores released by the Indiana Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Indiana Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Indiana Department of Education.
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