Best Middle Schools in Indiana

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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)
180519000925	241	Jennings County Middle School	Public	7-8	820 W Walnut	North Vernon	47265	Jennings County	Jennings County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 346-4940	620	45	13.9	63.4%	551 (88.9%)	4 (0.6%)	47 (7.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	$11,919			$1,483			$10,436	49.8	37.9	312	71
181090002287	242	Riverton Parke Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	4907 S Coxville Rd	Montezuma	47862	Parke County	Southwest Parke Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 569-2045	485	45	10.7	48.2%	453 (93.4%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$10,302			$1,210			$9,092	49.7	57.8	201	41
180001101737	243	Community Montessori	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4102 St Joseph Rd	New Albany	47150	Floyd County	Community Montessori Inc	Yes	No	No	No	(812) 948-1000	486	34	14.2	20.4%	410 (84.4%)	11 (2.3%)	17 (3.5%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	38 (7.8%)	$7,946			$1,300			$6,646	49.7	47.1	256	13
181134001920	244	Wea Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	4410 S 150 E	Lafayette	47909	Tippecanoe County	Tippecanoe School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 471-2164	699	43	16.1	52.6%	390 (55.8%)	83 (11.9%)	181 (25.9%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.4%)	$9,434			$197			$9,237	49.5	53.1	224	20
180285000361	245	Woodlan Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	17215 Woodburn Rd	Woodburn	46797	Allen County	East Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 446-0290	700	48	14.6	30.6%	628 (89.7%)	6 (0.9%)	36 (5.1%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.4%)	$11,328			$1,062			$10,266	49.4	59.2	189	56
180024000958	246	South Dearborn Middle School	Public	7-8	5850 Squire Pl	Aurora	47001	Dearborn County	South Dearborn Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 926-6298	293	24	12.2	50.9%	284 (96.9%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,655			$930			$9,725	48.9	58.5	193	53
180096002190	247	Brown County Middle School	Public	6-8	95 S Schoolhouse Ln	Nashville	47448	Brown County	Brown County School Corporation	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 988-6605	386	25	15.4	52.3%	366 (94.8%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	$12,822			$1,760			$11,062	48.6	57.6	203	44
180105000181	248	Brownstown Central Middle School	Public	6-8	520 W Walnut St	Brownstown	47220	Jackson County	Brownstown County Com School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 358-4947	317	21	14.8	52.1%	300 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$9,930			$432			$9,498	48.5	54.2	220	28
181272002022	249	Northview Middle School	Public	6-8	8401 Westfield Blvd	Indianapolis	46240	Marion County	MSD Washington Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 259-5421	828	62	13.3	62.7%	191 (23.1%)	362 (43.7%)	191 (23.1%)	31 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.3%)	$13,709			$1,395			$12,314	48.4	33.8	331	82
180294000622	250	Wood Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	945 S Franklin St - #A	Oakland City	47660	Gibson County	East Gibson School Corporation	No	No	No	No	(812) 749-4519	168	13	13.4	63.1%	159 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)	$11,458			$1,062			$10,397	48.4	45.3	266	16

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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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