Middle Schools in Mitchell Community Schools

Summary:

The Mitchell Community Schools district in Indiana has only one middle school, Mitchell Junior High School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's academic performance, as measured by state assessments, is significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, suggesting the school is struggling to effectively educate its students.

Mitchell Junior High School has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 69.3%, indicating a relatively high-need student population. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $39,480 for the 2023-2024 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 4.1, its academic outcomes remain poor. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% in the 2023-2024 school year is also a concern and may be a contributing factor to its academic challenges.

Overall, the data suggests that Mitchell Junior High School is an underperforming school within the Mitchell Community Schools district, with significant academic, demographic, and operational challenges that need to be addressed. Further investigation and targeted interventions may be necessary to improve the school's performance and better support its students.

District Detail

441 N 8th St
Mitchell, IN 47446

(812) 849-4481

SchoolDigger Rank:
274^th of 380 Indiana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,476

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mitchell Junior High School	Public	6-8	1010 Bishop Blvd	Mitchell	47446	Lawrence County	Mitchell Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 849-3747	336	28	12.0	67.0%	314 (93.5%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	21	376^th of 480 public middle schools	21.7%		23.2	370^th of 491 public middle schools	24.6%	6	17.1	18.4	30.3	21.5	13.7	8.3	29.3	16.6	19.8	19.8	$39,480	$2,046	$37,435

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Orleans Community Schools	5.28 mi	2	256^th
North Lawrence Com Schools	7.25 mi	10	192^nd
Lawrence County Independent Schools	10.33 mi	1	282^nd
Paoli Community School Corp	12.93 mi	2	215^th
South Central Area Special Educational	13.22 mi	1

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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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