Summary:
West Central School Corp has one middle school, West Central Middle School, serving grades 7–8 in the small community of Francesville, Indiana, with an enrollment of 89 students. Because there is only one middle school in this district, all of the information below describes that school. It has earned a 3-star rating in each of the last three school years (2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026) and ranks above the median among Indiana middle schools, sitting at the 64th, 59th, and 58th percentile in those years. That is a stronger showing than the district's overall profile of 2 stars and 41st percentile.
Academically, math is the clearest bright spot. In 2025–2026, 41.38% of students were proficient in math across all grades, above the district's 38.2%, and results beat the state at both grade levels: 40% in 7th grade versus 35.9% statewide, and 44.44% in 8th grade versus 34.2% statewide. English language arts is more mixed. Eighth-grade ELA (44.44%) was essentially even with the state (44%), but 7th-grade ELA was 25% against a statewide 41.7% — a gap of 16.7 percentage points and the school's biggest academic concern. Year over year, all-grade math rose from 32.94% to 41.38%, while all-grade ELA fell from 38.82% to 31.03%.
Two other factors are worth knowing. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 18.8%, above both the district's 16.2% and the state's 16.7%, and it is worth watching alongside the 7th-grade ELA results. A majority of students — 56.18% in 2024–2025 — qualify for free or reduced lunch, and per-student spending was $10,639 in 2023–2024, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.9. With only 89 students, percentages can swing noticeably from one class to the next, so single-year changes may reflect who is in the building rather than a lasting trend.
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