Summary:
There is one middle school in the DeKalb County Ctl United School District: DeKalb Middle School, located in Waterloo, IN and serving grades 6–8 with 759 students. The school enrolls a moderately high-poverty population, with 45.85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending of $10,631, and a student-teacher ratio of 16.4.
Its clearest academic strength is 8th grade English language arts, where 48.02% of students are proficient — above the district's 47.64% and the state's 44.0%. That is the only reported grade-and-subject combination where the school clearly outperforms Indiana. ELA overall is also slightly above the district at 41.24% versus 40.64%, and it is the school's steadiest subject year over year. Attendance is another relative bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 13.2%, better than the state's 16.7% and essentially level with the district's 13.1%.
Math and science are the main concerns. Math proficiency is 29.20% across all grades versus 39.84% in the district, and 7th grade math is just 23.39% — 12.51 points below the state's 35.9%. Science sits at 31.37% compared with 41.2% statewide, and it fell 8.63 points in a single year, the largest decline of any subject. At the grade level, the school's results track the district within about 0.4 points, so both the school and district trail the state in these areas. Meanwhile, the school's statewide standing has slipped from 70th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 52nd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026.
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