Summary:
Hamilton Heights School Corp, a small district based in Arcadia, Indiana, roughly 30 miles north of Indianapolis, operates just one middle-level school: Hamilton Heights Middle School, a grades 5–8 campus enrolling 742 students. Because grades 5–8 exist only at this building, the Hamilton Heights School Corp middle-grade results are effectively this school's results.
The school is consistently strong statewide, earning 4 stars in each of the last three years and ranking 83rd of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025-26 — the top sixth of the state. English language arts is its engine: proficiency rose 6.7 points year over year to 54.46%, above the district's 51.88%, and each grade outperforms the one below it, from 41.56% in 5th grade to 64.49% in 8th grade, which is more than 20 points above the state. Math is the soft spot, the only subject that declined (down 2.72 points to 42.66%) and the only one below the district (46.17%), though it still beats the state at every grade level; 7th grade math, at 36.98%, clears the state by just over one point. Science (54.05%) and 5th grade social studies (55.19%) also beat the state, with science resting on a single tested grade.
Context is favorable. Chronic absenteeism is 11.3%, against a state rate of 16.7% and level with the district's 11.2%. About 32.08% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the school spends $9,894 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1, implying roughly 41 teachers. The main things to watch are whether math declines a second consecutive year, whether the large ELA gain holds, and whether the school returns to its 2023-24 high mark of the 86th percentile.
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