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)
180741001276	261	Nathaniel Scribner Middle School	Public	5-8	910 Old Vincennes Rd	New Albany	47150	Floyd County	New Albany-Floyd County Con School	No	No	No	No	(812) 949-4283	902	62	14.6	57.0%	550 (61.0%)	140 (15.5%)	119 (13.2%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (9.5%)	$10,140			$493			$9,647	47.2	41.4	285	24
180045000092	262	Beech Grove Middle School	Public	7-8	1248 Buffalo St	Beech Grove	46107	Marion County	Beech Grove City Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 784-6649	476	29	16.4	77.9%	304 (63.9%)	71 (14.9%)	47 (9.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.3%)	$12,721			$1,171			$11,550	46.9	46.1	262
180351000496	263	Connersville Middle School	Public	7-8	1900 Grand Ave	Connersville	47331	Fayette County	Fayette County School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 825-1139	505	34	15	60.8%	476 (94.3%)	3 (0.6%)	8 (1.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$11,155			$1,377			$9,778	46.7	34.8	323	60
181047001473	264	South Newton Middle School	Public	6-8	13100 S 50 E	Kentland	47951	Newton County	South Newton School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 474-5167	204	14	14.5	70.6%	163 (79.9%)	1 (0.5%)	38 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$9,186			$1,291			$7,895	46.6	41	288	24
180663001626	265	Milan Middle School	Public	7-8	609 N Warpath Dr	Milan	47031	Ripley County	Milan Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 654-1616	131	11	12.4	45.8%	127 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$12,724			$931			$11,793	46.4	49.6	244	21
180555002354	266	Wawasee Middle School	Public	6-8	9850 N Sr 13	Syracuse	46567	Kosciusko County	Wawasee Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(574) 457-8839	507	39	12.9	49.5%	434 (85.6%)	9 (1.8%)	44 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.4%)	$10,918			$484			$10,434	46.2	55.3	216	50
180537000998	267	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	303 E Superior	Kokomo	46901	Howard County	Kokomo School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(765) 454-7000	458	33	14	57.4%	259 (56.6%)	94 (20.5%)	37 (8.1%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (13.3%)	$10,660			$1,445			$9,215	45.9	42.5	274	7
180246000289	268	Crawfordsville Middle School	Public	6-8	705 Wallace Ave	Crawfordsville	47933	Montgomery County	Crawfordsville Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 362-2992	580	39	14.8	60.5%	404 (69.7%)	15 (2.6%)	139 (24.0%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	$10,468			$670			$9,797	45.9	42.8	272	4
180477000901	269	IPS/Butler Lab at William Bell 60	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	3330 N Pennsylvania	Indianapolis	46205	Marion County	Indianapolis Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(317) 226-4369	599	46	13.1	47.6%	270 (45.1%)	227 (37.9%)	56 (9.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.8%)	$13,530			$1,835			$11,695	45.8	62	171	98
180357000509	270	Hauser Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9273 N Sr 9	Hope	47246	Bartholomew County	Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 546-4421	444	35	12.6	45.7%	417 (93.9%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (2.7%)	$10,580			$414			$10,166	45.7	55.8	213	57

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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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