Summary:
ZIP code 46040 in Fortville, Indiana, contains exactly one middle school: Mt Vernon Middle School, a grades 7–8 building with 1,150 students in Mt Vernon Community School Corp. Because there is only one middle school in the area, there are no within-ZIP peer comparisons, so the useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own year-over-year results. The school is located at 1862 W SR 234 and averages roughly 575 students per grade, with a 16.2 student-teacher ratio (about 71 teachers), per-student spending of $10,577 in 2023–2024, and 34.61% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025.
Math is the standout strength. In 2025–2026, 7th grade math proficiency was 44.9% versus the state's 35.9% (+9.0 points), and 8th grade math was 43.58% versus 34.2% (+9.38 points). Science reached 46.67% in 2024–2025, above the district's 45.37%. The school earned 4 stars in 2025–2026, ranking 144 of 486 Indiana middle schools (70th percentile), a rebound from 3 stars and 68th percentile in 2024–2025. The district holds 4 stars and ranks 98 of 374 districts (74th percentile).
The clearest gap is English/language arts: 7th grade ELA was 39.08% versus the state's 41.7% (−2.62 points) and 8th grade ELA 42.57% versus 44% (−1.43 points). All-grades math (44.25%) trails the district (51.49%) by 7.24 points, a gap that widened from 3.39 points the prior year even as all-grades ELA improved from 36.47% to 40.79%. Chronic absenteeism at 11.6% is well below the state's 16.7% but 2.2 points above the district's 9.4%. Overall, this is a solid 4-star school whose grade-level math results beat the state, while ELA and local attendance offer room to grow.
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