Middle Schools in Adams Central Community Schools

Adams Central Community Schools has one middle school, Adams Central Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Monroe, Indiana, with 324 students. Because it is the district’s only middle school, its results are the middle-school story for the area. The district ranks 79 of 374 statewide with 4 stars. The school remains in the top 12% of Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, but its statewide rank has slipped over three years from 25th to 42nd to 57th, and its star rating moved from 5 to 4.

Attendance is a major strength: chronic absenteeism is 3.0%, compared with 4.2% for the district and 16.7% for the state. Math is the strongest subject. In 2025–2026, 6th-grade math proficiency is 62.37 versus 40.2 statewide, 7th-grade is 52.94 versus 35.9, and 8th-grade is 63.16 versus 34.2; all-grades math is 59.55. ELA is above state at every reported grade: 6th grade 54.84 versus 41.3, 7th grade 49.02 versus 41.7, and 8th grade 47.37 versus 44.0; all-grades ELA is 50.16. Sixth-grade science is 51.61 versus 41.2. The school also outperforms the district in all-grade ELA, math, and science in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026; for example, 2024–2025 math is 66.88 versus 59.97.

Watch items include year-over-year declines in math and science. Math fell from 66.88 to 59.55, a 7.33-point drop, and science fell from 55.88 to 51.61, a 4.27-point drop, while ELA was nearly flat at 50.31 to 50.16. Eighth-grade ELA is only 3.37 points above state, much narrower than 6th grade’s 13.54-point advantage. Context: the student-teacher ratio is 13.5, free/reduced lunch is 28.7%, and per-student spending is $10,621 in 2023–2024. Overall, this is a high-performing school, especially in math and attendance.