Middle Schools in Northwestern School Corp

Middle school students in the Northwestern School Corp district all attend a single campus: Northwestern Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, which serves 324 students in grades 6 through 8. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the school and the district's middle-level results overlap almost entirely, so everything here describes one school with no in-district peers to compare against. Statewide comparisons are the most useful benchmark for parents.

The big picture is strongly positive. The school holds a 4-star rating in every reported year and ranks 120th of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, putting it in the 75th percentile, or the top quarter of the state. The district as a whole ranks 72nd of 374 districts, at the 81st percentile with 4 stars. Grade-level results show where the strengths are: 8th grade math proficiency is 49.36%, well above the state's 34.2%, and 8th grade ELA is 53.85% against a state figure of 44%. 7th grade also beats the state in both subjects, and science proficiency is 51.02%, the school's highest all-grade result and about 9.8 points above the state's 6th grade science mark. Chronic absenteeism is 11.7%, comfortably below the state's 16.7%.

There are a few areas to watch. Sixth grade math is the only reported grade-level subject where the school trails the state: 38.1% proficient versus 40.2% statewide. All-grade math also slipped year over year, falling 3.54 points from 46.3% to 42.76, while ELA improved 1.24 points to 46.9%. The school's state percentile has drifted downward too, from 82nd in 2023–24 to 80th and then 75th. Finally, while absenteeism is better than the state, it sits 4.3 points above the district's 7.4%. For context, about a third of students (33.02%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $9,594, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.5.