Brown County Middle School

Brown County Middle School is a grade 6–8 school in Nashville, Indiana, serving 396 students as part of the Brown County School Corporation, and it ranks 168th of 486 Indiana middle schools (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26. Because it is effectively the district's only middle school, its grade-level results are identical to the district's — the school is the district at these grades, which makes its numbers unusually important for local families. The school's overall standing has swung sharply: after a drop to the 36th percentile in 2024–25, it rebounded to the 65th this year on large gains in reading and science.

Reading and science are the bright spots. At 46.6% proficient in English language arts, the school ranks third among ten comparable middle schools, and its 49.0% science proficiency is the highest of the four nearby schools that report science, ahead of both the district and the state sixth-grade figure. End-of-Course Biology results are consistently strong (43–54% against a state range of roughly 29–46%), suggesting a real advanced-science cohort. Sixth grade beats the state in all three subjects tested. Chronic absenteeism has also improved dramatically, from a 45.3% peak in 2021–22 to 18.8%, though that still trails the state's 16.7%.

Math is the clear, persistent weakness. At 33.6% proficient the school ranks seventh of ten peers, and the gap runs four years deep — consistently 8 to 11 points below its own district. It is worst in seventh grade, where 25.4% proficiency trails the state's 35.9%, the lowest grade-level math figure in the school's record. Indian Creek Middle School outperforms in math by nearly 16 points while spending $2,767 less per student ($10,182 vs. $12,949) and cutting absenteeism to about a third of Brown County's rate. Jackson Creek Middle School shows the ceiling at 96th percentile but serves a different population, making it aspirational rather than a direct comparison.