Summary:
James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School is the only middle school in this data set, serving grades 7–8 to 296 students at 4352 Mitthoeffer Road in Indianapolis, IN 46235. Because it is listed as its own district — James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School — its school-level and district-level figures are the same, so all comparisons here are to Indiana state averages, to grade levels within the school, and across school years.
Academically, the school has held a 1-star rating in each of the last three years and ranks 324 of 374 districts in Indiana, in the 13th percentile. Its rank percentile has improved modestly, from 12 in 2023–2024 to 15 in 2024–2025 to 18 in 2025–2026. All-grade ILEARN proficiency was 18.44% in English Language Arts and 14.34% in Math for 2025–2026, up from 15.33% and 12.41% the prior year — gains of 3.11 and 1.93 percentage points. Grade-level results trail the state widely: 7th ELA 21.6% vs. 41.7%; 8th ELA 15.92% vs. 44%; 7th Math 22.58% vs. 35.9%; and 8th Math 7.74% vs. 34.2%. Eighth-grade Math is the lowest figure in the record and lags the school's own 7th grade Math by 14.84 percentage points, making it the most urgent concern. Seventh grade generally outperforms 8th grade in both subjects.
Attendance is the school's clearest strength: chronic absenteeism is 9.6%, compared with 16.7% statewide — 7.1 percentage points lower, or roughly 42.5% below the state rate. About 73.31% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $15,353 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.8. In short, attendance is strong and proficiency is trending slightly upward from a low base, while overall academic performance remains well below state levels.
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