Summary:
Three middle schools serve grades 6–8 in MSD Pike Township in Indianapolis, Indiana: Guion Creek Middle School (833 students), New Augusta Public Academy - North (751 students) and Lincoln Middle School (736 students), together enrolling about 2,320 students. The district as a whole ranks 281st of 374 Indiana districts, at the 25th percentile with 1 star, but that single label does not describe all three schools equally.
New Augusta Public Academy - North is the clear standout. It ranks 253rd of 486 middle schools (48th percentile, 2 stars) and has climbed steadily from 311th of 491 two years earlier. It is the only one of the three above the district average in all tested subjects, with all-grade proficiency of 39.87% in ELA, 25.59% in Math and 35.36% in Science. Its chronic absenteeism of 12.2% is the lowest of the group and below both the district (19.5%) and state (16.7%). Guion Creek Middle School sits in the middle: 397th of 486 (18th percentile, 1 star), with ELA 23.75%, Math 12.20% and Science 16.06%, plus 20.2% chronic absenteeism. Lincoln Middle School ranks lowest at 441st of 486 (9th percentile, 0 stars), with ELA 16.81%, Math 9.87%, Science 9.43% and the highest absenteeism at 21.3%.
Two patterns stand out for families. First, math — especially 7th-grade math — is the weakest subject at every school, and all three fall well below the state's 35.9% in that grade. Only one result in the whole group beats the state: New Augusta North's 8th-grade ELA at 45.39% versus 44%. Second, resources do not track with results here: Lincoln has the highest per-student spending ($14,600) and smallest classes (12.9 students per teacher) yet the lowest scores, while Guion Creek spends the least ($12,289) with the largest classes (15.4) and still outperforms Lincoln in every subject. Attendance lines up more closely with achievement, with the strongest school also having the fewest chronically absent students.
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