Middle Schools in Prairie Heights Community School Corp

Prairie Heights Community School Corp includes one middle school, Prairie Heights Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 377 students in LaGrange, IN; because it is the only middle school in the district, the most useful comparisons are to the district, the state, and the school’s prior years. The district Prairie Heights Community School Corp ranks 149 of 374, with a 60th percentile and 3 stars, while the school’s 2025–26 rank is 203 of 486, percentile 58, 3 stars—up from 2 stars and percentile 48 in 2024–25. The school’s context includes 48.54% free/reduced lunch, $13,184 per-student spending, a 12.2 student-teacher ratio, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism.

For parents, the strongest results are in English language arts, social studies, and attendance. All-grade ELA proficiency is 50.6%, above the district’s 46.79%, and it rose 12.06 percentage points from 38.54% the prior year; every tested grade is above the state in 2025–26, with grade 7 ELA at 58.62%, 16.92 points above the state. Grade 5 social studies is a standout at 60.63%, 13.43 points above the state and up 11.65 points year over year. Science also improved to 46.88%, above the district’s 41.35%, and grade 6 science is 5.68 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism, at 15.0%, is lower than the district’s 16.0% and the state’s 16.7%, which is a positive sign.

The main concern is math, especially in grades 7 and 8. All-grade math proficiency is 23.8%, below the district’s 35.38% and slightly down from 24.32%. Grade 7 math is 15.52%, 20.38 points below the state’s 35.9%, and grade 8 math is 7.79%, 26.41 points below the state’s 34.2%. That suggests a concentrated middle-school math issue rather than a mild weakness. The school’s ranking rebound appears driven mainly by ELA and social studies gains, since math barely changed. Resource figures such as 48.54% free/reduced lunch, $13,184 per-student spending, and a 12.2 student-teacher ratio are useful context, but the data does not provide district or state comparisons for spending or ratio, so they cannot be judged high or low from this information alone.