Summary:
Kankakee Valley School Corp has one middle school serving grades 6–8, Kankakee Valley Middle School in Wheatfield, Indiana, with 728 students. Because it is the only middle school in the district, its results represent the district’s middle-grade story rather than a comparison among local middle schools. The school ranks 208 of 486 Indiana middle schools for 2025–2026, placing it in the 57th percentile with 3 stars, while the district ranks 93 of 374 districts, in the 75th percentile with 4 stars.
The school’s academic profile is mixed. It is above state averages in two grade-level areas: 7th grade ELA at 43.38% versus 41.70% statewide, and 8th grade math at 35.62% versus 34.20% statewide. However, all-grade proficiency trails the district in ELA, math, and science, with math showing the largest gap: 34.55% at the school versus 47.24% in the district, a 12.69 percentage-point shortfall. Science fell from 42.92% to 36.32%, but the 2025–2026 science figure equals the 6th-grade science value, suggesting the comparison may reflect tested grade composition rather than a pure decline.
Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism is 14.2%, lower than the district’s 14.7% and the state’s 16.7%. The three-year rank trend, however, has slipped from 182 of 491 in 2023–2024 to 208 of 486 in 2025–2026, and the percentile has dropped from 63 to 57 while staying at 3 stars. Other context includes 45.88% free/reduced-price lunch, $10,097 per-student spending, and a 14.4 student-teacher ratio. Overall, the school shows strengths in attendance and a few grade-level results, but math remains the clearest academic concern and the school is not keeping pace with its own district’s broader performance.
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