Summary:
Crawfordsville Community Schools contains just one middle school, Crawfordsville Middle School, located at 705 Wallace Ave in Crawfordsville and serving grades 6–8 with 569 students. The Crawfordsville Community Schools district ranks 208 of 374 in Indiana, placing it at the 44th percentile with 2 stars, while the middle school itself has climbed to 3 stars. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the most useful comparisons are between the school and its district, and between the school and state benchmarks.
English Language Arts is the school's academic bright spot. In 2025–26, ELA proficiency was 38.43% at the school versus 35.97% across the district, following a similar pattern the prior year (34.77% vs. 32.5%). Eighth grade ELA reached 45.25%, above the district's 42.64% and the state's 44.0% — the only grade-level subject where the school beats the state. Math and Science tell a different story. Math came in at 30.47% versus the district's 36.92%, and Science at 32.76% versus 38.82%. Math falls below the state at every tested grade: 6th (32.95% vs. 40.2%), 7th (29.83% vs. 35.9%), and 8th (28.65% vs. 34.2%). Notably, the school's Math score barely moved year over year while the district's rose, widening the gap from about 3 to more than 6 points.
Attendance is a genuine institutional strength. Chronic absenteeism is 5.8%, well below the district's 11.9% and the state's 16.7%, and this holds despite 59.23% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. The school also has a student-teacher ratio of 14.9 and per-student spending of $11,898 (2023–24). Its rank has improved from the 45th percentile in 2023–24 to the 46th in 2024–25 and the 51st in 2025–26. For parents, the takeaway is a school on an upward trajectory with strong attendance and solid ELA results, but with Math as the clear area to watch.
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