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Middle Schools in Elkhart Community Schools

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At a glance

DistrictElkhart Community Schools317^th of 374 Indiana districtsFull district overview →

Schools

1,528

Students

Top rankedWest Side Middle School354^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Summary:

Parents in the Elkhart area have three middle schools to consider: West Side Middle School, North Side Middle School, and Pierre Moran Middle School, all serving grades 6–8 within Elkhart Community Schools, which is ranked 317 of 374 Indiana districts at the 15th percentile with 1 star. Combined enrollment is 1,528 students: West Side 569, North Side 563, and Pierre Moran 396. All three schools are currently rated 1 star for 2025–2026.

West Side is the relative standout, leading the group in all-grade proficiency in ELA (25.84%), math (22.40%), and science (16.41%), and holding the best rank at 354 of 486 (27th percentile). It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (26.2%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (55.01%). North Side faces the steepest challenges: the lowest rank at 431 of 486 (11th percentile), the lowest proficiency in ELA (15.80%), math (13.83%), and science (10.86%), and the highest absenteeism at 32.6% — 15.9 percentage points above the state rate of 16.7%. Pierre Moran is the smallest school and the resource-heavy outlier, with the highest free/reduced lunch rate (59.85%), the highest per-student spending ($16,299), and the smallest classes (10.6 students per teacher).

Two things stand out for families. First, even the strongest school here trails the state; West Side's 6th-grade ELA is 20.00% against Indiana's 41.3%. Second, Biology End-of-Course results are dramatically higher than ILEARN results at every school — West Side 92.31% in 2024–2025 and 78.85% in 2025–2026, North Side 74.19%, and Pierre Moran 55%, all far above the district's 29.77%. Spending and class size do not line up simply with outcomes, and West Side's rank percentile has slipped from 40th to 31st to 27th.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)				ILEARN Math (2026)				ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
North Side Middle School	Public	6-8	300 Lawrence St	Elkhart	46514	Elkhart County	Elkhart Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(574) 262-5570	563	41	13.6	57.4%	223 (39.6%)	80 (14.2%)	203 (36.1%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.2%)	13.3	431^st of 486 public middle schools	11.3%		18.6	387^th of 480 public middle schools	19.4%	44	9.0	17.1	21.8	15.8	17.1	13.6	10.6	13.8	10.9	10.9	74.2	$13,061	$1,244	$11,817
Pierre Moran Middle School	Public	6-8	200 W Lusher Ave	Elkhart	46517	Elkhart County	Elkhart Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(574) 295-4805	396	37	10.6	59.8%	89 (22.5%)	44 (11.1%)	230 (58.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.1%)	15.2	417^th of 486 public middle schools	14.2%		21.9	372^nd of 480 public middle schools	22.5%	45	12.4	17.6	14.4	14.8	17.1	20.2	16.1	17.8	11.6	11.6	55.0	$16,299	$2,040	$14,258
West Side Middle School	Public	6-8	101 S Nappanee St	Elkhart	46514	Elkhart County	Elkhart Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(574) 295-4815	569	37	15.2	55.0%	232 (40.8%)	77 (13.5%)	205 (36.0%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.7%)	26.5	354^th of 486 public middle schools	27.2%		32.7	333^rd of 480 public middle schools	30.6%	21	20.0	27.1	30.3	25.8	23.3	20.6	23.1	22.4	16.4	16.4	78.9	$11,608	$1,214	$10,394

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Excel Center - Elkhart	0.91 mi	1
Premier Arts Academy	2.76 mi	1	342^nd
Concord Community Schools	3.1 mi	7	207^th
Baugo Community Schools	4.95 mi	4	51^st
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	5.73 mi	15	34^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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