Summary:
Lewis Cass Junior High School is the only middle school in Lewis Cass Schools, serving grades 6–8 with 332 students in Walton, Indiana. Because it is the district's sole middle school, its results define the entire middle-level profile for the area, which means families have a single option to consider and no comparison between schools is possible.
The school's most encouraging signal is a steady rise in state ranking. It moved from 280th of 491 schools (43rd percentile) in 2023–24 to 272nd of 480 (43rd percentile) in 2024–25, and then to 254th of 486 (48th percentile) in 2025–26. That is real upward momentum, though the school still sits just below the median and holds a 2-star rating, and its district rank is 234th of 374 (37th percentile, 2 stars). Academically, the strongest areas are English Language Arts and Science, where the school outperforms the district. Science posted the biggest year-over-year gain, rising from 26.83% to 33.78% proficiency. Math is the relative weakness against the district, and every grade-level score provided falls below the state average.
Two areas deserve attention. Eighth grade is the strongest cohort, with 8th grade ELA only 1.55 points below the state and 8th grade Math just 0.24 points below. The clearest red flags are 7th grade Math at 23.53% (12.37 points below the state) and 6th grade ELA at 25.68% (15.62 points below the state). Chronic absenteeism is 17.3%, compared with 10.3% for the district and 16.7% for the state. For context, 51.81% of students receive free or reduced lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 16.4, and per-student spending is $9,989.
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