Middle Schools in Noblesville Schools

Noblesville West Middle School and Noblesville East Middle School are the two middle schools in Noblesville Schools, both serving grades 6–8 in a district ranked 38th of 374 in Indiana, at the 90th percentile with 5 stars. Together they enroll 2,387 students: West has 1,330 and East has 1,057. Both are high-performing in state context, with West ranking in the top 4% of Indiana middle schools and East in the top 8% in 2025–2026.

West is the clear performance leader. It ranked 20th of 486 in 2025–2026, at the 96th percentile with 5 stars, and has improved from 34th in 2023–2024. East ranked 37th of 486, at the 92nd percentile with 5 stars, after jumping from 72nd and 4 stars in 2023–2024. West also leads in all-grade ILEARN scores: ELA 69.21% vs 61.78%, Math 55.02% vs 52.00%, and Science 68.60% vs 63.34%. Both improved in ELA and Science year over year, but Math is the shared weak spot: both scored below the district average in all-grade Math in both years, and East’s 7th-grade Math is 44.90%.

West also has stronger attendance and resource context: chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, better than the district’s 9.3% and the state’s 16.7%, while East’s is 11.3%. East has higher per-student spending ($12,755 vs $11,508), a lower student-teacher ratio (12.7 vs 14.6), and a higher free/reduced lunch rate (34.15% vs 23.83%). West’s ELA is especially consistent across grades (71.61%, 67.42%, and 68.43% in grades 6–8). For parents, the takeaway is that both schools are strong, but West is consistently stronger across nearly every metric, while East is improving rapidly and still has gaps in ELA, 7th-grade Math, and absenteeism.