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Best Middle Schools in Hamilton County, IN

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At a glance

Schools

17,001

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedCreekside Middle School1^st of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Fishers Junior High School up 10 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Sheridan Middle School 11 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)					ILEARN Math (2026)					ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carmel Middle School	Public	6-8	300 S Guilford Rd	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-7331	1,047	77	13.6	18.5%	715 (68.3%)	49 (4.7%)	96 (9.2%)	129 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (5.5%)	91.4	31^st of 486 public middle schools	93.6%		93.9	19^th of 480 public middle schools	96.0%	12		61.8	60.2	63.2	61.8		63.6	50.0	48.9	54.2	69.8	69.8		$12,629	$140	$12,489
Clay Middle School	Public	6-8	5150 E 126th St	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 844-7251	1,415	81	17.4	14.3%	1,012 (71.5%)	69 (4.9%)	129 (9.1%)	139 (9.8%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	62 (4.4%)	97.1	5^th of 486 public middle schools	99.0%		97.1	7^th of 480 public middle schools	98.5%	2		69.6	65.1	73.6	69.5		68.5	67.1	71.0	68.9	68.5	68.5		$11,085	$239	$10,846
Creekside Middle School	Public	6-8	3525 W 126th St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-6420	1,428	76	18.7	8.7%	795 (55.7%)	58 (4.1%)	75 (5.3%)	419 (29.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (5.5%)	99.2	1^st of 486 public middle schools	99.8%		99.6	1^st of 480 public middle schools	99.8%			75.9	81.6	80.4	79.4		77.9	80.1	78.2	78.7	79.0	79.0		$10,836	$140	$10,696
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	742	41	18.2	32.1%	689 (92.9%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	79.2	83^rd of 486 public middle schools	82.9%		78	92^nd of 480 public middle schools	80.8%	9	41.6	49.7	62.2	64.5	54.5	48.1	42.7	37.0	44.5	42.7	54.1	54.1	55.2	$9,894	$146	$9,748
Sheridan Middle School	Public	6-8	3030 W 246th St	Sheridan	46069	Hamilton County	Sheridan Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 758-6780	270	25	11.0	60.4%	246 (91.1%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (4.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	52.4	222^nd of 486 public middle schools	54.3%		51.9	227^th of 480 public middle schools	52.7%	5		49.4	34.6	40.9	41.8		36.8	23.5	20.4	26.8	46.0	46.0		$9,719	$146	$9,573
Noblesville West Middle School	Public	6-8	19900 Hague Rd	Noblesville	46062	Hamilton County	Noblesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 776-7792	1,330	91	14.6	23.8%	1,077 (81.0%)	57 (4.3%)	131 (9.8%)	30 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (2.4%)	93.5	20^th of 486 public middle schools	95.9%		92.5	24^th of 480 public middle schools	95.0%	4		71.6	67.4	68.4	69.2		60.2	57.8	46.3	55.0	68.6	68.6		$11,508	$144	$11,363
Noblesville East Middle School	Public	6-8	1625 Field Dr	Noblesville	46060	Hamilton County	Noblesville Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 773-0782	1,057	83	12.7	34.2%	765 (72.4%)	68 (6.4%)	135 (12.8%)	52 (4.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.4%)	89.6	37^th of 486 public middle schools	92.4%		88.8	40^th of 480 public middle schools	91.7%	3		63.6	61.4	60.2	61.8		63.1	44.9	47.5	52.0	63.3	63.3		$12,755	$120	$12,635
Hamilton SE Intermediate and Junior High School	Public	5-8	12278 Cyntheanne Rd	Fishers	46037	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 594-4120	1,238	69	17.8	12.4%	777 (62.8%)	94 (7.6%)	88 (7.1%)	209 (16.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (5.3%)	98.6	2^nd of 486 public middle schools	99.6%		98	4^th of 480 public middle schools	99.2%	2	72.6	79.9	74.6	73.5	75.1	74.7	76.7	73.8	72.8	74.6	72.8	72.8	72.6	$11,000	$414	$10,586
Fall Creek Intermediate School	Public	5-6	12011 Olio Rd	Fishers	46037	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 915-4220	909	42	21.4	16.1%	605 (66.6%)	94 (10.3%)	77 (8.5%)	72 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (6.5%)								(n/a)	67.0	67.2			67.1	66.8	65.3			66.0	65.7	65.7	74.1	$10,302	$342	$9,960
Fishers Junior High School	Public	7-8	13257 Cumberland Rd	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 594-4150	840	55	15.1	29.6%	509 (60.6%)	101 (12.0%)	96 (11.4%)	76 (9.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.3%)	93.9	18^th of 486 public middle schools	96.3%		91.8	28^th of 480 public middle schools	94.2%	10			57.4	65.0	61.1			62.7	61.0	61.9				$12,838	$414	$12,424
Sand Creek Intermediate School	Public	5-6	11550 E 131st St	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 915-4230	812	48	16.7	28.9%	502 (61.8%)	103 (12.7%)	98 (12.1%)	51 (6.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.9%)								(n/a)	57.7	51.4			54.5	64.7	55.8			60.2	55.6	55.6	65.3	$10,889	$381	$10,507
Riverside Junior High	Public	7-8	10910 Eller Rd	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 915-4280	885	55	16.1	25.4%	591 (66.8%)	66 (7.5%)	95 (10.7%)	72 (8.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (6.8%)	96.9	7^th of 486 public middle schools	98.6%		96.2	9^th of 480 public middle schools	98.1%	2			63.7	72.6	68.0			68.1	63.2	65.7				$13,126	$425	$12,701
Riverside Intermediate School	Public	5-6	11014 Eller Rd	Fishers	46038	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 594-4320	891	49	18.2	24.8%	565 (63.4%)	66 (7.4%)	116 (13.0%)	81 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (7.0%)								(n/a)	57.9	61.8			59.9	61.1	65.5			63.3	60.8	60.8	68.6	$11,027	$354	$10,673
Fall Creek Junior High	Public	7-8	12001 Olio Road	Fishers	46037	Hamilton County	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 594-4390	1,001	61	16.3	17.7%	674 (67.3%)	90 (9.0%)	78 (7.8%)	100 (10.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.7%)	96.3	8^th of 486 public middle schools	98.4%		95.2	15^th of 480 public middle schools	96.9%	7			68.8	67.0	67.9			62.5	61.9	62.2				$11,594	$430	$11,164
Westfield Intermediate School	Public	5-6	326 W Main St	Westfield	46074	Hamilton County	Westfield-Washington Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 867-6500	1,551	88	17.6	19.5%	1,134 (73.1%)	77 (5.0%)	171 (11.0%)	80 (5.2%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (5.5%)								(n/a)	61.1	68.2			64.7	66.9	58.7			62.8	70.1	70.1	71.9	$11,192	$412	$10,780
Westfield Middle School	Public	7-8	345 W Hoover St	Westfield	46074	Hamilton County	Westfield-Washington Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 867-6600	1,585	97	16.3	20.4%	1,146 (72.3%)	96 (6.1%)	174 (11.0%)	74 (4.7%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (5.8%)	91.5	30^th of 486 public middle schools	93.8%		93.1	21^st of 480 public middle schools	95.6%	9			57.3	59.3	58.3			58.5	57.6	58.0				$12,341	$386	$11,954

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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