Middle Schools in Zionsville Community Schools

Middle schools in Zionsville Community Schools consist of two schools — Zionsville Middle School and Zionsville West Middle School — both serving grades 5 through 8 in the suburban communities of Zionsville and Whitestown, Indiana. Together they enroll 2,470 students, with Zionsville Middle the larger of the two at 1,331 students versus 1,139 at West, a difference of about 17%. The district is one of Indiana's strongest, ranking 8th of 374 districts statewide.

Both schools are 5-star rated and rank in Indiana's top 20 middle schools for 2025–26, with Zionsville Middle at 9th of 486 schools (98th percentile) and Zionsville West at 16th of 486 (97th percentile). Zionsville Middle leads in English language arts (70.62% proficient vs. 60.46%) and in 5th-grade social studies, where its 88.92% is the highest proficiency figure in the data and 16.83 points above West. Zionsville West's counterpoints are a slightly lower chronic absenteeism rate (4.2% vs. 4.4%), a marginally lower student-teacher ratio (16.6 vs. 16.8), higher per-student spending ($11,542 vs. $10,764) and stronger 6th- and 7th-grade math. Notably, West ranked 5th of 480 in 2024–25, so the top position has shifted from year to year.

For families, the shared picture is exceptional: both schools have chronic absenteeism around 4%, far below the district's 5.5% and the state's 16.7%, and proficiency rates well above state averages. The relative weak spot for both is math against the district benchmark (62.99% and 62.50% vs. 67.79%), though both remain well above state math averages. Overall, either school offers a top-tier education.