Summary:
In zip code 46030, there is one middle school serving grades 5-8: Hamilton Heights Middle School, which is part of the Hamilton Heights School Corp.
Hamilton Heights Middle School has shown a positive trajectory in its statewide rankings, improving from 218th out of 483 middle schools in Indiana in the 2020-2021 school year to 64th out of 489 in 2022-2023, consistently earning a 4-star rating. The school serves 721 students with a student-teacher ratio of 17.5 and spends $9,894 per student. In terms of academic performance, the school demonstrates strengths in English Language Arts (ELA), with 53.55% of students proficient or better in the 2023-2024 school year, particularly in 7th and 8th grades. Math proficiency has seen a slight increase, reaching 44.02% in 2023-2024 and projected to be 45.38% in 2024-2025, with 8th-grade math scores notably exceeding the state average. The school also performs well in Science, with 54.5% proficiency in 2024-2025, and in 5th-grade Social Studies, with 50.27% proficiency in 2024-2025, both of which are above the state averages for those grades.
A key area for attention at Hamilton Heights Middle School is its chronic absenteeism rate, which stood at 17.8% in the 2023-2024 school year. This rate is considered relatively high and could potentially affect student learning outcomes, suggesting that further investigation into the causes and implementation of intervention strategies may be beneficial. The school's free/reduced lunch rate is 37.03%, indicating that a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, which is an important context for understanding academic data. Overall, the school appears to be well-resourced with a reasonable student-teacher ratio and spending per student, and it shows strong academic performance in several key areas, despite the concern regarding chronic absenteeism.
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