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)
181161001868	271	Union County Middle School	Public	6-8	488 Sr 44 E	Liberty	47353	Union County	Union County/Clg Corner Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(765) 458-7438	277	20	13.8	48.0%	267 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$9,374			$433			$8,941	45.5	60.5	178	93
180270000327	272	Delphi Community Middle School	Public	6-8	401 Armory Rd	Delphi	46923	Carroll County	Delphi Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 564-3411	333	23	14.8	48.6%	281 (84.4%)	7 (2.1%)	32 (9.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$9,327			$716			$8,611	45.4	54.8	219	53
180890000889	273	Pike Central Middle School	Public	6-8	1814 E Sr 56	Petersburg	47567	Pike County	Pike County School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 354-8478	366	29	12.6	49.2%	348 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$11,027			$370			$10,657	45	44.3	268	5
180010702511	274	Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	11 N Michigan St	La Crosse	46348	LaPorte County	Tri-Township Cons School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 754-2461	154	17	9	48.1%	138 (89.6%)	3 (1.9%)	9 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	$11,824			$121			$11,703	45			(n/a)
181215002301	275	Wabash Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Colerain St	Wabash	46992	Wabash County	Wabash City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 563-4137	443	32	13.9	60.0%	400 (90.3%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	$9,556			$643			$8,913	44.7	39.5	300	25
180882001462	276	Southport Middle School	Public	7-8	5715 S Keystone	Indianapolis	46227	Marion County	Perry Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 789-4600	1,194	74	16.1	72.4%	419 (35.1%)	148 (12.4%)	298 (25.0%)	273 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (4.6%)	$10,752			$1,496			$9,256	44.6	48.8	252	24
181137000397	277	Tippecanoe Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	11303 W 800 S	Akron	46910	Fulton County	Tippecanoe Valley School Corp	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 598-2200	409	29	14.3	58.2%	321 (78.5%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$9,507			$693			$8,814	44.5	44.1	270	7
180771001319	278	North Daviess Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	5494 E Sr 58	Elnora	47529	Daviess County	North Daviess Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 636-8000	471	33	14.4	48.6%	439 (93.2%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	$11,957			$1,142			$10,815	44	57.4	204	74
181288002418	279	Lapel Middle School	Public	6-8	2883 S Sr 13	Lapel	46051	Madison County	Frankton-Lapel Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 534-3136	336	19	17.3	32.1%	315 (93.8%)	4 (1.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$8,722			$428			$8,294	43.9	44.3	269	10
181068002625	280	Lewis Cass Junior High School	Public	6-8	6422 East State Road 218	Walton	46994	Cass County	Lewis Cass Schools	No	No	No	No	(574) 626-2511	322	23	14.2	51.2%	267 (82.9%)	4 (1.2%)	28 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.8%)	$8,610			$513			$8,097	43.4	51.6	234	46

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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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Educational resources:

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