Best Middle Schools in Indiana

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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)
180381000603	61	Frontier Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	109 N Sixth St	Chalmers	47929	White County	Frontier School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(219) 984-5437	291	29	10.2	35.1%	273 (93.8%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$11,885			$354			$11,531	84.6	83.6	63	2
180345002504	62	North Junior High School	Public	7-8	15325 Hwy 41 N	Evansville	47725	Vanderburgh County	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 435-0975	929	54	17.2	41.8%	694 (74.7%)	81 (8.7%)	42 (4.5%)	16 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	10 (1.1%)	82 (8.8%)	$9,545			$1,224			$8,321	84.4	85.4	57	5
180003000116	63	Summit Middle School	Public	6-8	4509 Homestead Rd	Fort Wayne	46814	Allen County	MSD Southwest Allen County Schls	No	No	No	No	(260) 431-2502	866	46	18.9	22.5%	711 (82.1%)	38 (4.4%)	56 (6.5%)	17 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.7%)	$9,182			$330			$8,851	83.9	76.7	98	35
180825001380	64	Maple Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	425 Union Chapel Rd	Fort Wayne	46845	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 338-0802	957	49	19.4	14.5%	774 (80.9%)	30 (3.1%)	55 (5.7%)	50 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.9%)	$7,916			$478			$7,438	83.6	84.2	62	2
180063002232	65	Tri-North Middle School	Public	7-8	1000 W 15th St	Bloomington	47404	Monroe County	Monroe County Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 330-7745	574	41	14	41.3%	388 (67.6%)	53 (9.2%)	45 (7.8%)	33 (5.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.1%)	$11,354			$912			$10,442	83.1	85.6	56	9
180255000305	66	Danville Middle School	Public	5-8	1425 W Lincoln St	Danville	46122	Hendricks County	Danville Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 745-5491	805	48	16.6	33.8%	713 (88.6%)	27 (3.4%)	30 (3.7%)	8 (1.0%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.5%)	$9,169			$511			$8,657	82.7	87.2	49	17
181056001734	67	South Spencer Middle School	Public	6-8	1298 N Orchard Rd	Rockport	47635	Spencer County	South Spencer County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 649-2203	228	16	14.2	56.1%	214 (93.9%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.4%)	$10,823			$592			$10,231	82.3	72.3	119	52
180426000727	68	Hamilton Heights Middle School	Public	5-8	25150 State Road 19	Arcadia	46030	Hamilton County	Hamilton Heights School Corp	No	No	No	No	(317) 984-3588	695	47	14.8	34.4%	638 (91.8%)	6 (0.9%)	31 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.9%)	$9,400			$381			$9,019	82	83.2	64	4
180812001393	69	Northeast Dubois Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4711 N Dubois Rd	Dubois	47527	Dubois County	Northeast Dubois County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 678-2251	368	26	14.2	24.7%	360 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	$12,133			$170			$11,963	81.8	76.6	99	30
180756001299	70	New Prairie Middle School	Public	6-8	5325 N Cougar Rd	New Carlisle	46552	St. Joseph County	New Prairie United School Corp	No	No	No	No	(574) 654-3070	705	36	19.6	40.0%	605 (85.8%)	4 (0.6%)	73 (10.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.0%)	$9,462			$482			$8,980	81.7	80.3	80	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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