Summary:
Whitley County Con Schools, located in the Columbia City area of Indiana, has just one middle school in this data set: Indian Springs Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 797 students. The district is ranked 151st of 374 Indiana districts (60th percentile, 3 stars), while the school itself ranked 167th of 486 middle schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Because it is the only middle school in the district, families in this area have a single option at this level — and it is a solidly above-average one.
The school's strongest suits are reading, science, and attendance. Chronic absenteeism was just 7.2% in 2024–25, well below the district's 8.1% and far below the statewide 16.7% — less than half the state rate. In 2025–26, ELA proficiency was 47.43% across all grades, above the district's 45.01%, and it beat the state in every grade: 6th grade at 50.54% versus 41.3%, 7th at 44.71% versus 41.7%, and 8th at 46.75% versus 44%. ELA also improved year over year, rising from 42.57% to 47.43%. Science came in at 46.21%, above the district's 43.63% and about 5 points above the 6th-grade state figure of 41.2%, though it slipped from 52.43% the prior year. The school's rank trajectory is positive too, climbing from 253rd of 491 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 167th of 486 (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26.
Math is the clear area to watch. All-grades math proficiency was 33.33% in 2025–26, below the state at every grade level: 6th at 35.02% versus 40.2%, 7th at 32.55% versus 35.9%, and 8th at 32.24% versus 34.2%. Math did improve slightly, from 31.13% to 33.33%, but the gap remains the school's biggest academic priority. For context, Indian Springs has a 16.5:1 student-teacher ratio, spends $10,174 per student, and about 28.73% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — fairly typical figures for Indiana. Overall, this is a school with real strengths in ELA, science, and attendance, and a clear opportunity in math.
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