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)
180545000982	141	Kahler Middle School	Public	5-8	600 Joliet St	Dyer	46311	Lake County	Lake Central School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(219) 865-3535	922	54	17	27.7%	568 (61.6%)	58 (6.3%)	234 (25.4%)	19 (2.1%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (3.8%)	$10,353			$383			$9,971	68.8	63.9	163	22
180378000177	142	Fremont Middle School	Public	5-8	811 W Renee Dr	Fremont	46737	Steuben County	Fremont Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 495-6100	298	20	14.6	45.6%	280 (94.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$14,109			$2,600			$11,509	68.7	73.9	108	34
180021301537	143	Silver Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	495 N Indiana Ave	Sellersburg	47172	Clark County	Silver Creek School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 246-4421	760	44	17.4	33.3%	597 (78.6%)	12 (1.6%)	88 (11.6%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.0%)	$9,746			$935			$8,811	68.6	66.5	149	6
181218001948	144	Southwood Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	564 E Sr 124	Wabash	46992	Wabash County	MSD Wabash County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 563-8050	457	31	14.7	37.2%	424 (92.8%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$10,303			$193			$10,110	68.6	68.9	141	3
180558002680	145	LaPorte Middle School	Public	7-8	306 E 18th Street	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	LaPorte Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 324-1370	941	67	14	60.8%	670 (71.2%)	34 (3.6%)	157 (16.7%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (7.8%)	$8,862			$271			$8,591	68.3	49.4	248	103
180006502415	146	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	4093 W US Hwy 20	La Porte	46350	LaPorte County	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(219) 878-8711	246	11	22.3	37.4%	181 (73.6%)	16 (6.5%)	28 (11.4%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.3%)	$8,478			$873			$7,605	68.2	72.2	121	25
180375002436	147	Franklin Central Junior High	Public	7-8	10440 Indian Crk Rd	Indianapolis	46259	Marion County	Franklin Township Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 803-8100	1,711	84	20.3	50.8%	1,018 (59.5%)	203 (11.9%)	153 (8.9%)	237 (13.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	96 (5.6%)	$8,943			$714			$8,229	68.1	69.9	133	14
180159000221	148	DeKalb Middle School	Public	6-8	3338 Cr 427	Waterloo	46793	DeKalb County	DeKalb County Ctl United School District	No	No	No	No	(260) 920-1013	800	51	15.7	47.0%	715 (89.4%)	5 (0.6%)	37 (4.6%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	29 (3.6%)	$9,685			$320			$9,366	67.9	71.5	124	24
180266000323	149	Delta Middle School	Public	6-8	9800 N Cr 200 E	Muncie	47303	Delaware County	Delaware Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 747-0869	633	35	18	50.6%	569 (89.9%)	9 (1.4%)	20 (3.2%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.9%)	$8,854			$943			$7,910	67.8	62.4	169	20
180219000263	150	South Central Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9808 S 600 W	Union Mills	46382	LaPorte County	South Central Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 767-2266	455	33	14	35.8%	403 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$10,355			$459			$9,896	67.7	32.2	339	189

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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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